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Noun: peneplain  'pee-nu,pleyn
  1. (geology) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
    "The geologist identified the ancient peneplain in the landscape";
    - peneplane

Derived forms: peneplains

Type of: champaign [archaic], field, flatland, plain

Encyclopedia: Peneplain