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Definition of Foothills
1. foothill [n] - See also: foothill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foothills
Literary usage of Foothills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"The 124.000-kirr Arctic- foothills Ecoregion consists of a wide swath of rolling
... The Arctic foothills Ecoregion is underlain by thick permafrost and has ..."
2. Report of the Conservation Commission of the State of California: January 1 by California Conservation Commission, George Cooper Pardee, Frank Adams, Sidney T. Harding, Ralph D. Robertson, C. E. Tait, Charles Hamilton Lee (1912)
"SIERRA foothills ABOVE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. The Sierra foothills in central
California comprise a belt of land on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada ..."
3. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1888)
"The limit of the first belt would be a line 50 miles westward along the edge of
the foothills, touching at Red Bluff and Visalia. ..."
4. The Crest of the Continent: A Record of a Summer's Ramble in the Rocky by Ernest Ingersoll (1885)
"Its woof and warp of care; Our course is down the foothills brown To a Southern
city fair. —STANLEY H. RAY. ..."
5. Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada by Wilbur H. Morrison (2000)
"The Sierra foothills The foothills extend from the edges of California's ...
The foothills are characterized by hot, dry summers followed by a short wet ..."
6. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Barren foothills and Treeless Plains. Extensive barren foothills are the most
characteristic feature of the South Coast Range country beyond the borders of ..."
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