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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The land lying in front of or adjoining other land and physiographically related to it.  3, record 1, English, - foreland

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

foreland: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector  4, record 1, English, - foreland

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

avant-pays : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  3, record 1, French, - avant%2Dpays

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the efficiency of seaports relies very much on the efficiency of services provided both in the hinterland and the maritime foreland ...  2, record 2, English, - foreland

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Partie de l'espace océanique couverte par les routes maritimes avec lesquelles un port est en relation régulière.  2, record 2, French, - avant%2Dpays

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'avant-pays maritime (foreland) est l'aire fonctionnelle structurée par l'organisation maritime, en particulier les routes océaniques ainsi que l'organisation halieutique pour les ports de pêche.  3, record 2, French, - avant%2Dpays

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A stable area marginal to an orogenic belt, toward which the rocks of the belt were thrust or overfolded.  2, record 3, English, - foreland

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The side of the range toward which the overturned folds incline is called the foreland ...  3, record 3, English, - foreland

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Regional zoning occurs on a very large scale often corresponding to large sections of orogenic belts and their foreland ...  4, record 3, English, - foreland

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Generally the foreland is a continental part of the crust, and is the edge of the craton or platform area.  2, record 3, English, - foreland

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Masse continentale demeurée stable vers laquelle la chaîne [de montagnes d'un géosynclinal] se trouve déversée [...]  3, record 3, French, - avant%2Dpays

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans le concept de la tectonique des plaques, l'avant-pays représente l'ancienne marge stable, comme la bordure orientale du Massif central constitue l'avant-pays des Alpes.)  4, record 3, French, - avant%2Dpays

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Point Pelee, Ont.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Bear Corner, N.W.T.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Lands End, N.B.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 4 CONT

Queen Elizabeth Foreland, N.W.T.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 5 CONT

Handle of the Sug, Nfld.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 6 CONT

Strathdang Kwun, B.C.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

point: Widely used. Applied to an extremity of land or more broadly to the land mass itself. The generic may precede or follow the specific. By extension, "point" may be applied to features such as Icefall Point, B.C. (92 N/6), a point of land at a change in direction of a glacier.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

corner: rare; generic used in N.S. and N.W.T.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 OBS

end: generic used in the Atlantic Provinces and N.W.T.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 4 OBS

foreland: rare; generic used in N.W.T.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 5 OBS

handle: rare; generic used in Nfld.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 6 OBS

kwun: Haida Indian term. Rare; generic used in B.C.  1, record 4, English, - point

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 7 OBS

point; corner; end; foreland; handle; kwun: terms and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee n Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.  2, record 4, English, - point

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Saillie de terre allongée, généralement peu élevée, qui s'avance dans une étendue d'eau.  1, record 4, French, - pointe

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pointe du Bout de l'Île, Qué.  1, record 4, French, - pointe

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La pointe marque très souvent un changement d'orientation du rivage et est habituellement moins étendue que le cap. Générique attesté à travers le pays.  1, record 4, French, - pointe

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

pointe : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.  2, record 4, French, - pointe

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish