<P> Foothills primarily border mountains, especially those which are reached through low ridges that increase in size closer and closer to the mountain, but can also border uplands and higher hills . </P> <P> Areas where foothills exist, or areas commonly referred to as the foothills, include: </P> <Ul> <Li> The Sierra Nevada foothills of California, USA </Li> <Li> The Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, USA </Li> <Li> The Front Range along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, USA </Li> <Li> The Wasatch Front along the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, USA </Li> <Li> The Rocky Mountain Foothills in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada </Li> <Li> The Alpine foothills around the European Alps </Li> <Li> The Silesian Foothills in Silesia </Li> <Li> The Siwalik Hills along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent </Li> <Li> The Catalina Foothills in Tucson, Arizona, USA </Li> <Li> The foothills in Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina, USA </Li> <Li> The Margalla hills near the Himalayas in Pakistan </Li> <Li> The Duars, Chos and Terai on the foothills of Himalayas (India) </Li> <Li> The foothills around Boise in Idaho, USA </Li> <Li>' The foothills' of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia . Generally the area from Ferntree Gully / Boronia / The Basin through to Belgrave . </Li> <Li>' The foothills' of the Blue Mountains in Sydney, Australia . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Sierra Nevada foothills of California, USA </Li>

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