Sydney Basin

E71015
geological region sedimentary basin structural basin

The Sydney Basin is a large geological and metropolitan region in New South Wales, Australia, encompassing the greater Sydney area and surrounding lowlands.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Sydney Basin canonical 26
Sydney Basin bioregion 8
Hunter–Central Coast basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
structural basin ⓘ
borders Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ
surface form: Great Dividing Range

Tasman Sea ⓘ
contains Greater Blue Mountains Area ⓘ
surface form: Blue Mountains foothills

Greater Sydney region ⓘ
surface form: Greater Sydney

Hunter region lowlands ⓘ
Illawarra ⓘ
surface form: Illawarra coastal plain

Sydney ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park ⓘ
Royal National Park ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
marine ⓘ
drainedBy Georges River ⓘ
Hawkesbury River ⓘ
Hunter River ⓘ
Nepean River ⓘ
geologicalAge Permian ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
hasFormation Hawkesbury Sandstone ⓘ
Illawarra Coal Measures ⓘ
Narrabeen Group ⓘ
Newcastle Coal Measures ⓘ
Tomago Coal Measures ⓘ
Wianamatta Group ⓘ
hasMajorCity Newcastle, New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
Wollongong ⓘ
hasResource coal ⓘ
groundwater aquifers ⓘ
knownFor coastal plateaus ⓘ
extensive coal mining history ⓘ
steep sandstone cliffs ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
overlies Lachlan Fold Belt ⓘ
New England Range ⓘ
surface form: New England Fold Belt
partOf eastern Australia ⓘ
primaryLithology coal ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive margin basin ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Main Southern railway line → connectsRegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Parramatta River via Sydney Harbour → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Kanangra-Boyd National Park → bioregion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Georges River → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Tuggerah Lake → region → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hunter–Central Coast basin
Thirlmere Lakes National Park → region → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: south‑western Sydney basin
Darug people → culturalRegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Yengo National Park → biogeographicRegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Megalong Valley → geologicalContext → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Pages River → locatedInBioregion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Mount Royal National Park → bioregion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Gadigal people → traditionalCountryRegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Silverwater → locatedInBasin → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Kanangra Plateau → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Hawkesbury Sandstone → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Narrabeen Group → locatedIn → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Narrabeen Group → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin sedimentary sequence
Narrabeen Group → basin → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Wianamatta Group → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Wianamatta Group → basin → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Illawarra Coal Measures → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Illawarra Coal Measures → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney-Gunnedah-Bowen Basin system
Newcastle Coal Measures → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Newcastle Coal Measures → stratigraphicUnitOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Tomago Coal Measures → locatedIn → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Tomago Coal Measures → basin → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Cumberland Plain → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Cumberland Plain → geologicalBasin → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Cumberland Plain → bioregion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin Bioregion
Darug language → traditionalTerritory → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Boora clan (one of several historical clans) → hasCulturalRegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Boora clan
Yarramundi → region → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park → partOf → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Mount Yengo → withinIBRARegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
Dharuk people → traditionalTerritory → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Ruined Castle walking track → locatedInIBRARegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney Basin bioregion
New South Wales port network → servesRegion → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Burragorang Valley → locatedIn → Sydney Basin ⓘ
Nepean River → flowsThrough → Sydney Basin ⓘ