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Dresden Basin

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The Dresden Basin is an area of the Elbe Valley roughly 45 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide, lying between the towns of Pirna and Meissen in Germany. The city of Dresden lies within the basin. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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Dresden Basin (Wikipedia)
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The Dresden Basin (German: (Dresdner) Elbtalkessel or Dresdner Elbtalweitung) is a roughly 45 km long and 10 km wide area of the Elbe Valley between the towns of Pirna and Meißen.
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