Definition of Forelands. Meaning of Forelands. Synonyms of Forelands

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Definition of Forelands

Foreland
Foreland Fore"land`, n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. 2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. --Farrow. 3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. --Knight.

Meaning of Forelands from wikipedia

- Look up foreland in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Foreland may refer to: a landform projecting into the sea, such as a headland or a promontory an...
- shape. Some cuspate forelands may be stabilised by vegetation, while others may migrate down the s****line. Because some cuspate forelands provide an important...
- The Alpine Foreland, less commonly called the Bavarian Foreland, Bavarian Plateau or Bavarian Alpine Foreland (German: Bayerisches Alpenvorland), refers...
- naval battles of the Anglo-Dutch Wars are called the Battle of the North Foreland after the cape on the Kent coast of England: The Battle of the Gabbard...
- A foreland basin is a structural basin that develops adjacent and parallel to a mountain belt. Foreland basins form because the immense m**** created by...
- North Foreland (TR 39860 69616 51°22′30″N 1°26′42″E / 51.37490°N 1.44510°E / 51.37490; 1.44510) and South Foreland (TR 35909 43307 51°08′25″N 1°22′16″E...
- to continue and renew the lighthouses erected on the North and South Forelands. It seems that the lighthouse erected by Sir John consisted merely of...
- Coast Forelands from Caledon west to Mossel Bay; the south-eastern end of the Little Karoo; Langkloof valley; and the Southeastern Coast Forelands west...
- South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover...
- edge of the glacier and the moraines of latest maximum is called glacier foreland or glacier forefield. In the Alps this maximum was in 1850 and since then...