Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.
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Foreland
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Catalan
1 entries- avantpaís noun (zone where eroded material is deposited)
Polish
2 entries- przedgórze noun (zone where eroded material is deposited)
- przedmurze noun (zone where eroded material is deposited)
Spanish
1 entries- antepaís noun (zone where eroded material is deposited)
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