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noun - a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
A nearly flat land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion.
PENEPLAIN - 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 ...
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| Result of land erosion writer has got down, keeping record |
| Small enclosure on rough Alpine land surface that's denuded |
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| Feb 22 2014 The Times - Cryptic |
| Nov 14 2008 The Telegraph - Toughie |
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| A nearly flat land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion. |
| a more or less level land surface produced by erosion over a long period, undisturbed by crustal movement. |
| a more or less level land surface representing and advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements |
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| 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 with frequency the usage of peneplain is meant to imply the representation of a near-final (or penultimate) stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability. Peneplains are sometimes associated with the cycle of erosion theory of William Morris Davis, but Davis and other workers have also used the term in a purely descriptive manner without any theory or particular genesis attached.The existence of some peneplains, and peneplanation as a process in nature, is not without controversy, due to a lack of contemporary examples and uncertainty in identifying relic examples. By some definitions, peneplains grade down to a base level represented by sea level, yet in other definitions such a condition is ignored. Geomorphologist Karna Lidmar-Bergström and co-workers consider the base level criterion crucial and above the precise |