Peneplain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A nearly flat land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A low-relief plain representing the final stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In geology, a surface reduced by erosion nearly to the condition of a plain. There are many examples of once lofty mountains, now reduced to peneplains.
  • To reduce by erosion to a peneplain.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    field    champaign    plain