foreland
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He sent a foreland long beyond the baseline, giving Tiafoe the win.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
The western edge of the basin, which has about 4,500 m of Mesozoic rock alone, is a foreland basin.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
A foreland basin is caused by the mass of the volcanic range depressing the crust on either side.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The flood-theory worked lesser to explain the rocks in the foreland of the Alps - to transport such boulders the flood had to reach 1000s of meters in height and cover entire mountains.
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
