Peneplain

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peneplain
       n : a more or less level land surface representing and advanced
           stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements [syn: {peneplane}]