foothills

foothills
   A steeply sloping upland composed of hills with relief of 30 up to 300 meters and fringes a mountain range or high-plateau escarpment.
   Compare: hill, mountain, plateau.
   SW & HP

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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