1) Champaign 2) Field 3) Peneplane 4) Plain
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1) Peneplane
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A peneplain is a low-relief plain representing the final stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability. The existence of peneplains, and peneplanation as a geomorphological process, is not without controversy, due to a lack of contemporary examples and uncertainty in identifying relic examples. After the streams in an area h...
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land worn down by denudation to almost be a plain
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• (n.) A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.
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gently undulating, almost featureless plain that, in principle, would be produced by fluvial erosion that would, in the course of geologic time, ... [5 related articles]
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A land surface of regional scope worn down by erosion to a nearly flat or broadly undulating plain.
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A hypothetical extensive area of low elevation and relief reduced to near sea level by a long period
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Pe'ne·plain` noun [ Latin
paene ,
pene , almost + English
plain .]
(Physics Geology) A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.
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An extensive erosion surface worn down almost to sea level. Subsequent tectonic activity can lift a peneplain to higher elevations.
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An extensive area of low elevation and relief produced by a long period of erosion and representing the end product of the ideal geomorphic cycle.
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(L: paene almost) a tract of land reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
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peneplane noun a more or less level land surface representing and advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
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Low gently, rolling landscapes produced by long-continued erosion.
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