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Foreland
Foreland meaning
A headland. | In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.
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Foreland Shipping, which owns and operates the four Britain-flagged RORO vessels, said the ships were employed on other operations “and will remain so for the foreseeable future”.
Deep marine trenches are typically associated with subduction zones, and the basins that develop along the active boundary are often called "foreland basins".
South Foreland Lighthouse was the first tower to successfully use an electric light in 1875.
The foreland basin forms ahead of the orogen due mainly to loading and resulting flexure of the lithosphere by the developing mountain belt.