: a thick and extensive deposit largely of sandstone that is formed in a geosyncline adjacent to a rising mountain belt and is especially common in the Alpine region of Europe
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The story also said the flysch in Zumaia, Spain, formed over 50 billion years, not 50 billion years.
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Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
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Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
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“Flysch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flysch. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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