Definitionn. a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
Last update: June 23, 2015
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By a re-elevation of a peneplain the rivers of an old land surface may be restored to youthful activity, and resume their shaping action, deepening the old valleys and initiating new ones, starting afresh the whole course of the geographical cycle. [Please select]
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Wonderful as these gorges certainly are, the Piedmont plain or the northwestern peneplain is far more wonderful. [Please select]
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The Piedmont plateau, which lies at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge, is not really a plateau but a peneplain or ancient lowland worn almost to a plain. [Please select]
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The plains of North America may be divided into four parts according to the character of their surface: the Atlantic coastal plain, the prairies, the northwestern peneplain, and the southwestern high plains. [Please select]
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