Rocky Mountain Foothills Near Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increases in hilly areas at the base of a mountain range. A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys They are generally larger than hills, but not as tall as nearby mountains. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Many neighborhoods and communities found in such a location are termed "the foothills". A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised Community within a larger City, Town or In biological terms a community is a group of interacting Organisms sharing an environment.

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 foothills of California are groups of Foothills that are located along and around San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. See also Geography of Colorado The Colorado Front Range is a colloquial geographic term for the most populous region of the State of Colorado in the United Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The Wasatch Front is an Urban area in the north-central part of the U The Wasatch Range is a Mountain range that stretches about from the Utah- Idaho border south through central Utah in the western United States The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (German Voralpen / Alpenvorland; Prealpi Préalpes can refer generally to any area of Foothills in the Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie are Foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people The Sivalik Hills also known as the Sivalik mountains (also spelled Shiwalik, Shivalik, or Siwalik) and sometimes called Churia or This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. Catalina Foothills is a Census-designated place (CDP located north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. 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). Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy.