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Example sentences for: foothills

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Felipe II’s greatest lasting legacy is El Escorial, a grandiose palace and monastery in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, northwest of Madrid.
By whatever name, Santa Fe is nestled in the foothills of a cordilleran spur called the Sangre de Cristos . No one really knows how this mountain range came to be named for the Blood of Christ, but educated guesses are not lacking.
About 63 km (39 miles) along the highway, a turnoff leaves the level, palm-dotted plains for Soroa, where a richly endowed botanical garden nestles in the mountain foothills near a tired little tourist complex.
The highest range on Crete, with several of its peaks breaking 2,000 m (5600 ft), there are no villages in its shadow because the mountains rise steeply with no perceptible foothills.
Poor soil on the flat terrain leading to foothills or on sandy mountain-ridges produces only low, stunted trees with thick leaves.