foreland
Example Sentences
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He sent a foreland long beyond the baseline, giving Tiafoe the win.
From Washington Times
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
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 Literature
By their latitude at this time they were near Amsterdam Island, on which is that cape or foreland since so well known to whalers as Hakluyt’s Headland.
From Project Gutenberg
These forelands also offer in course of time an opportunity for endiking and reclamation.
From Project Gutenberg
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