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ID: 7463652
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7463652
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of London Basin (depression)  London Basin (depression)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 000 30 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Sedimentary basin formed during the Palaeogene, due to extensional tectonics of the Alpine orogeny 60-40 million years ago; underlies London, areas within southeast England, southeast East Anglia, and the adjacent North Sea.

Names:
London Basin (preferred,NA,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of London Basin (depression)  ................  London Basin (depression) (P,U)

Place Types:
depression (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
London Basin..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Blue Guide: England (1989)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2601892
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Blue Guide: England (1989)

 

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