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Meaning of Foreland | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A headland.
  2. In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Equivalents

العربية رأس البرّ
Català avantpaís
Español antepaís

Examples

“Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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