foreland

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He sent a foreland long beyond the baseline, giving Tiafoe the win.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2022

A foreland basin is a feature that develops near mountain belts, as the combined mass of the mountains forms a depression in the lithospheric plate.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

While foreland basins may occur at subduction zones, they are most commonly found at collision boundaries.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Despite this exact statement, de Saussure failed to connect large boulders found in the foreland of the mountains to the glaciers of the Alps.

From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2011

We others cut down timber on the foreland, on a high point, and built his pyre of logs, then stood by weeping while the flame burnt through corse and equipment.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer