1 example sentence using foreland.
Foreland used in a sentence
Foreland in a sentence as a noun
The actual rock of the continental shelf is being squeezed between the Arabian and Eurasian plates and it buckled downwards in Iraq, forming a huge, flattish valley called a foreland basin. Erosion from the tectonic margins filled it in over time.
Foreland definitions
noun
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
See also: promontory headland head
noun
land forming the forward margin of something