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geologic feature > basin > foreland basin
... > representation > numerical entity > geometrical object > depression > basin > foreland basin
... > realm > planetary realm > hydrosphere feature > body of water > basin > foreland basin

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foreland basin  

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  • A foreland basin is a depression that develops adjacent and parallel to a mountain belt. Foreland basins form because the immense mass created by crustal thickening associated with the evolution of a mountain belt causes the lithosphere to bend, by a process known as lithospheric flexure. [Wikipedia]

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