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Definition of Peneplain

Peneplain
Peneplain Pe"ne*plain`, n. [L. paene, pene, almost + E. plain.] (Phys. Geog.) A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

Meaning of Peneplain from wikipedia

- In geomorphology and geology, a peneplain is a low-relief plain formed by protracted erosion. This is the definition in the broadest of terms, albeit...
- Peneplain Peak may refer to: Peneplain Peak (Antarctica), a mountain in the Queen Alexandra Range Peneplain Peak (British Columbia), a summit in Canada...
- The Ucayali Peneplain is a large near-flat erosion surface, a peneplain, located in the Amazon basin. The Ucayali Peneplain is largely buried by sediments...
- The ****ri Peneplain is a near-horizontal and flat unconformity in the Transantarctic Mountains. The peneplain formed by erosion of the granitic and metamorphic...
- Schooley peneplain is a peneplain in the eastern Appalachians extending from the US state of New Jersey into Pine Mountain in Kentucky. The peneplain takes...
- The sub-Cambrian peneplain is an ancient, extremely flat, erosion surface (peneplain) that has been exhumed and exposed by erosion from under Cambrian...
- Sub-Cambrian peneplain the 300 m a.s.l. peneplain the 200 m a.s.l. peneplain, containing various inselbergs. the South Småland peneplain (175–125 m a...
- Maracaibo (between the chains, on the coast); Orinoco river delta, region of peneplains and plateaus (tepui, east of the Orinoco) that together form the Guyanas...
- elements such as peneplains being shaped in Precambrian times. The oldest peneplain identifiable in a shield is called a "primary peneplain"; in the case...
- The South Småland peneplain (Swedish: Sydsmåländska peneplanet) is a large flattish erosion surface, a peneplain, formed during the Tertiary, covering...