Coal-mining region
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A coal-mining region is a region in which coal mining is a significant economic activity. Coal-mining regions are often associated with the social, environmental and cultural impact of coal mining.
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[edit] List of coal-mining regions of the world
[edit] Australia
[edit] Asia
- Kuznetsk Basin in southwestern Siberia, Russia
[edit] Europe
- Black Country, United Kingdom
- Donbas, Ukraine
- Jiu Valley, Romania
- REMBAS region near the Resava River, Serbia
- Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Silesia in Poland, Czech Republic
- Volyn and Halychyna, Ukraine
- West Midlands, England
[edit] North America
- Coal Region, Pennsylvania, United States
- Colorado, United States
- Denver Basin, United States
- Powder River Basin, United States
- Raton Basin, United States
- West Virginia, United States
- Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, Canada
