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foothills

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foothills [′fu̇t‚hilz]
(geography)
A region of relatively low, rounded hills at the base of, or on the periphery of, a mountain range.
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The numerous lofty, granite towers which mark the several entrances to the subterranean city were all in front of me--behind, the plain stretched level and unbroken to the nearby foothills.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The party had left the low and marshy land of the true jungle, and were among the foothills, though all about them was dense forest and underbush, which, in reality, was as much a jungle as the lower plains, but was less wet.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
All that night he forged ahead until, with the dawning of a new day, he entered the low foothills that guard the approach to the fastness of the mountains of Torquas.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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