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GCSE Geography · key term
A broad downfolded or subsiding area of the Earth's crust in which sediments accumulate.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 1.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Map Skills and Geological InterpretationRead the shape of the rock layers as well as the surface: a geological basin describes the arrangement of rocks, not simply a hollow in the land surface.
Distinguish a geological basin from a river drainage basin; their boundaries need not coincide.
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