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

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

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

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