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peneplain [Brit ˈpiːnɪpleɪn, Am ˈpinəˌpleɪn] N

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The plateau is characterised by hills and valleys in the southwest and a more gentle peneplain in the southwest. en.wikipedia.org

Notwithstanding dramatic local differences in elevation, much of the state is a gently rolling peneplain. en.wikipedia.org

A peneplain can be mistaken for a depositional plain. en.wikipedia.org

The volcano contains several hills: sedimentary hills, old volcano hills, a volcanic cone and peneplain area. en.wikipedia.org

The chain, once split open, continued to erode until it formed a peneplain. en.wikipedia.org

With the exception of the river valleys and lacustrine basins, it is a rolling to mountainous peneplain that ranges from 800 to 1400 feet above sea level. en.wikipedia.org

A peneplain with the occasional moderately high monadnocks left behind during the peneplanation of the rest of the surface. en.wikipedia.org

These incised meanders have been interpreted to have formed by downward erosion after uplift of an older peneplain surface. en.wikipedia.org

So also, forms which are not classified together may be superficially similar; for example, a young coastal plain and a peneplain. en.wikipedia.org

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