Peneplain
Low-relief plain formed by protracted erosion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1] Peneplains are sometimes associated with the cycle of erosion theory of William Morris Davis,[1][upper-alpha 1] but Davis and other workers have also used the term in a purely descriptive manner without any theory or particular genesis attached.[3]