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Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increases in hilly areas at the base of a mountain range. They are generally larger than hillsFact: date=September 2007, but not as tall as nearby mountains. Many neighborhoods and communities found in such a location are termed "the foothills".
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Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increases in hilly areas at the base of a mountain range. They are generally larger than hillsFact: date=September 2007, but not as tall as nearby mountains. Many neighborhoods and communities found in such a location are termed "the foothills".
Areas where foothills exist, or areas commonly referred to as the foothills, include:
- The Foothills of California in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California
- The Colorado Front Range along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado
- The Wasatch Front along the Wasatch Mountains in Utah
- The foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada
- The Alpine foothills around the European Alps
- The Silesian Foothills in Silesia
- The Siwalik Hills along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent
- The Catalina Foothills in Tucson, Arizona
- The Foothills in western North Carolina
- The Margalla hills
Another word for a foothill region is "piedmont". The Piedmont region of Italy lies in the foothills of the Alps, and several other foothills in other parts of the world go by similar names; see piedmont (disambiguation).
