Foothills

Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increases in hilly areas at the base of a mountain range. They are generally larger than hillsFact|date=September 2007, but not as tall as nearby mountains. Many neighborhoods and communities found in such a location are termed "the foothills".

Areas where foothills exist, or areas commonly referred to as the foothills, include:

*The Foothills of California in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California
*The Colorado Front Range along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado
*The Wasatch Front along the Wasatch Mountains in Utah
*The foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in 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
*The Foothills in western North Carolina

Another word for a foothill region is "piedmont". The Piedmont region of Italy lies in the foothills of the Alps, and several other foothills in other parts of the world go by similar names; see piedmont (disambiguation).