foreland
IPA: fˈɔrɫʌnd
noun
- A headland.
- (geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.
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Examples of "foreland" in Sentences
- To the north the Ammergau Alps border on the Alpine Foreland.
- The church nave stood in the foreland between wall and border.
- To the north the Bavarian Prealps border on the Alpine Foreland.
- South Foreland was the first lighthouse to use an electric light.
- In the early stages, the foreland basin is said to be underfilled.
- The deforming foreland of a zone of continent continent collision.
- That between the cuspate foreland and the tombolo is a British bay.
- The larger section of this stage is located in the Alpine Foreland.
- Nappes are thrusted over their foreland in form of tectonic slices.
- The towns in the foreland of the Swabian Alb officially don't belong to it.