Preposition: of

• Himalayas: My village lies in the foothills of the Himalayas.

• pennines: A view south across part of Halifax's town center, across the foothills of the Pennines.

• mountain: How amazing would it be to spend three months teaching English in the foothills of the tallest free standing mountain in the world?

• apennines: Moving further south, there is a series of thermal resorts in Emilia-Romagna on the foothills of the Apennines.

• cheviots: You leave the foothills of the Cheviots here, while ahead of you is the vast basin of the river Tweed.

• range: Patara Holidays Patara is located in the southwestern corner of Turkey on a wide agricultural plain and in the foothills of a mountain range.

Converse of object

• reach: This provides conditions favorable to the shifting of the rivers as they reach the foothills.

• leave: The river trip is a pleasure as we leave the last foothills and enter the Amazon proper.

• roll: Spread before you are rolling foothills dotted with isolated farming communities and crowned by an array of snow peaks that will leave you breathless.

• surround: He took us to a small village in the foothills surrounded by the snowcapped peaks of the High Atlas Mountains.

• explore: One cannot hope to do much more than explore the foothills of God's majestic providence for all human beings.

• climb: For the first 100 km, the way climbs the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama - high granite moorland.

Adjective modifier

• Pyrenean: Floor to ceiling glass doors lead from the reception rooms onto the covered terrace which looks toward the pool, vineyards and Pyrenean foothills.

• Andean: In the afternoon we will explore the extensive Nothofagus forest in the Andean foothills.

• forested: A trip to Italy will do nicely, especially if you head up north to the forested foothills toward the Alps and Switzerland.

• wooded: View Sample Route Map 55: Paradise 6 ¼ miles Paradise is a tiny valley set amid the Park's wooded western foothills.

• rolling: This trek is an unforgettable journey through the rolling foothills of a district that offers arguably the finest trekking in the whole of Nepal.

• southern: These southern foothills of the Alps have a very pleasant climate, due to the effect of the nearby mediterranean sea.

Modifies a noun

• forest: Montane habitats grade from transitional foothill forest to alpine zones.

• area: The community stretches from the vine covered slopes of the foothill area to the fertile Rhine Valley.