Perth Basin
The Perth Basin is a thick, elongated sedimentary basin in Western Australia. It lies beneath the Swan Coastal Plain west of the Darling Scarp, representing the western limit of the much older Yilgarn craton, and extends further west offshore.Perth Basin
- Type: Depression
- Description: sedimentary basin in Western Australia
- Categories: basin and landform
- Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Perth Basin” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Perth-kom”
- Cebuano: “Perth Basin”
- French: “Bassin de Perth”
- Swedish: “Perth Basin”
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