Foothills - wikipedia Foothills This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2014 ) Rocky Mountain foothills near Denver, CO. Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increase in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills to the adjacent topographically higher mountains, hills, and uplands. Contents 1 Description 2 Examples 3 Synonyms 4 See also 5 References Description Foothills primarily border mountains, especially those which are reached through low ridges that increase in size closer and closer to the mountain, but can also border uplands and higher hills. Examples Areas where foothills exist, or areas commonly referred to as the foothills, include : The Sierra Nevada foothills of California, USA The Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, USA The Front Range along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, USA The Wasatch Front along the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, USA The Rocky Mountain Foothills in British Columbia and 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, USA The foothills in Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina, USA The Margalla hills near the Himalayas in Pakistan The Duars, Chos and Terai on the foothills of Himalayas ( India ) The foothills around Boise in Idaho, USA ' The foothills ' of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. Generally the area from Ferntree Gully / Boronia / The Basin through to Belgrave. ' The foothills ' of the Blue Mountains in Sydney, Australia. Synonyms Another word for a foothill region is `` piedmont '', derived from `` foot of the mount '' in Romance languages. The Piedmont region of Italy lies in the foothills of the Alps, and several other foothills in other parts of the world are called `` Piedmont ''. They are also known as submontane zones, especially when referring to montane ecosystems. See also Förfjäll Ice piedmont Piedmont ( disambiguation ) Precordillera References Jump up ^ Physical Geography - Juanico, Meliton - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 15. Jump up ^ `` foothill ''. Merriam - Webster. Retrieved 9 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` piedmont ''. Oxford English Dictionary ( 3rd ed. ). Oxford University Press. September 2005. ( Subscription or UK public library membership required. ) Look up foothill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mountains portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foothills&oldid=816831164 '' Categories : Hills Slope landforms Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Aragonés Català Čeština Deutsch Eesti Español Esperanto فارسی Français Nederlands Polski Português Slovenčina Walon 粵語 Edit links This page was last edited on 24 December 2017, at 00 : 32. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: the foot hill areas of the himalayas are called
Answer: Siwalik