Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
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western-canadian-sedimentary-basin-174-457920
title:
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
text:
The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) underlies 1.4 million square kilometres (540,000 sq mi) of Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories. This vast sedimentary basin consists of a massive wedge of sedimentary rock extending from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Canadian Shield in the east. This wedge is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) thick under the Rocky Mountains
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encyclopedia
description:
Sedimentary basin of Canada
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Canadian_Sedimentary_Basin
date created:
2006-08-22T17:00:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T00:29:57Z
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13
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