!!!Steirisches Becken

Styrian Basin, Late Tertiary depression basin on the southern fringe 
of the eastern edge of the Alps with various branching embayments that 
reach deep into the Alps. It forms the  Styrian Hills. It is divided 
into the smaller West Styrian Basin (sub-bituminous coal deposits at  
Koeflach, Voitsberg) and the larger East Styrian Basin by the 
southbound Sausal or Mittelsteirische Schwelle Ridge. The East Styrian 
Basin is separated from the Pannonian (Hungarian) Basin by the 
Suedburgenlaendische Schwelle Ridge, which is almost completely 
subterranean. A special feature of the East Styrian Basin is recent 
volcanism (basalt cone of Bad Gleichenberg, Riegersburg).


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