peneplain
noun
an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
peneplanation
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a word derived from
peneplain.
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They are of the class called subsequents; on the other hand, the Housatonic, which dates at least from the beginning of the uplift if not from the earlier period of peneplanation, is an antecedent stream.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Ruth Sawyer-Harvey
