foreland
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He sent a foreland long beyond the baseline, giving Tiafoe the win.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
The area that the meteorite struck was the North Alpine foreland basin, a low point in Earth’s surface where a package of sediments was being deposited and, over geologic timescales, compressed into rock.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2019
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
A foreland basin is caused by the mass of the volcanic range depressing the crust on either side.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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
