foothills

noun

Definition of foothillsnext
plural of foothill
as in highlands

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  1. highlands
  2. mountains
  3. altitudes
  4. elevations
  5. knobs
Noun
  • Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Israel seized the strategic highlands from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.
    Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of highlands
Noun
  • Like a gravity-defying river, the future is said to flow up mountains, while the past flows downhill.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Asia Shakti Prana, India While Shakti Himalaya is known for its sophisticated walking journeys through beautiful and remote regions of the Indian mountains, the company also has a strong accommodation game.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Warmer temperatures at higher altitudes can create an inversion, putting a cap on cooler air nearer the ground.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The zoo is home to Chilean flamingoes, which are smaller, live in high altitudes and can tolerate extreme temperatures — even well below freezing — much more so than the Caribbean kind, which Bernier said the zoo once owned and had to put inside a building for half the year.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of altitudes
Noun
  • Six to 12 inches of snow is forecast for the higher elevations in the Rocky Mountains, from Taos, New Mexico, to Big Sky, Montana.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the West, rain will spread across Northern California, western Oregon, and western Washington, with snow expected at higher elevations in the Cascades by Monday night.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of elevations
Noun
  • Are automakers welcoming back physical knobs and switches?
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The system shook hands with my Droid immediately, and the sound system, happily, has knobs.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of knobs
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