piedmont

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Mountain streams may build their confluent fans into widespread piedmont (foot of the mountain) alluvial plains.

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  1. noun An area of land formed or lying at the foot of a mountain or mountain range.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or constituting such an area of land.

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  1. After Piedmont .

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  1. A generalized use of Piedmont, French Piémont, Italian Piemonte (Middle Latin Pedemons, Pedemontium), ‘foot of the mountain,’ a district and province of northwestern Italy. Compare monadnock.
 

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/ˈpidmɑnt/
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