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Murray Basin
Cenozoic sedimentary basin in south eastern Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the geological basin. For the Murray Darling River catchment area, see Murray-Darling basin.
The Murray Basin is a Cenozoic sedimentary basin in south eastern Australia. The basin is only shallow, but extends into New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. It takes its name from the Murray River which traverses the Basin from east to west.
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