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...
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The Ucayali Peneplain is a large near-flat erosion surface, a peneplain, located in the Amazon basin. The Ucayali Peneplain is largely buried by sediments...
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The Kukri Peneplain is a near-horizontal and flat unconformity in the Transantarctic Mountains. The peneplain formed by erosion of the granitic and metamorphic...
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Schooley peneplain is a peneplain in the eastern Appalachians extending from the US state of New Jersey into Pine Mountain in Kentucky. The peneplain takes...
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Peneplain Peak may refer to: Peneplain Peak (Antarctica), a mountain in the Queen Alexandra Range Peneplain Peak (British Columbia), a summit in Canada...
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The sub-Cambrian peneplain is an ancient, extremely flat, erosion surface (peneplain) that has been exhumed and exposed by erosion from under Cambrian...
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South Swedish highlands (redirect from 200 m peneplain)
Sub-Cambrian peneplain the 300 m a.s.l. peneplain the 200 m a.s.l. peneplain, containing various inselbergs. the South Småland peneplain (175–125 m a...
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Summit accordance (redirect from Statistical peneplain)
A summit accordance (sometimes also known by the German loan word gipfelflur) exists when hills and mountaintops, and eventually also plateaux, have such...
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Mount Mackellar (redirect from Peneplain Peak (Antarctica))
Hampton Ridge extends between Montgomerie Glacier and Mackellar Glacier to Peneplain Peak. Nearby features include: 83°52′S 165°41′E / 83.867°S 165.683°E...
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Peneplain Peak is a 1,707-metre (5,600-foot) summit located in British Columbia, Canada. Peneplain Peak is situated 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Vancouver...
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Truncated upland (redirect from Uplifted peneplain)
Europe through more recent tectonics. This could result in an uplifted peneplain which is one type of truncated upland. The valley structures of truncated...
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elements such as peneplains being shaped in Precambrian times. The oldest peneplain identifiable in a shield is called a "primary peneplain"; in the case...
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Plain resulting from the action of these agents of denudation are called peneplains (almost plain) while plains formed from wind action are called pediplains...
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Sweden. The main surfaces are the Sub-Cambrian peneplain, the South Småland peneplain and the "200 m peneplain". These surfaces and others are arranged in...
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local differences in elevation, much of the state is a gently rolling peneplain. Two major drainage divides meet in Minnesota's northeast in rural Hibbing...
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very gentle concave slopes. Pediplains main difference to W. M. Davis’ peneplains is in the history and processes behind, and less so in the final shape...
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Maracaibo (between the chains, on the coast); Orinoco river delta, region of peneplains and plateaus (tepui, east of the Orinoco) that together form the Guyanas...
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upper parts of the Pyrenees contain low-relief surfaces forming a peneplain. This peneplain originated no earlier than in Late Miocene times. Presumably it...
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regions: an igneous rock plateau with fertile black soil, and a gneiss peneplain with infertile red soil, interrupted by several hills. Historians have...
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formed through bifurcation. The Eastern ghats separate coastal plains and peneplains. Krishna, Godavari, and Penna are the major rivers. The state has about...
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among geologists. Some argue that the Tibetan Plateau is an uplifted peneplain formed at low altitude, while others argue that the low relief stems from...
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During the Triassic peneplains are thought to have formed in what is now Norway and southern Sweden. Remnants of this peneplain can be traced as a tilted...
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is seen in the plateau's unglaciated areas. The line of the distant peaks approximates the level of a peneplain that was uplifted to form the plateau....
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to erode a mountain mass similar to the Himalaya into an almost-flat peneplain if there are no major sea-level changes. Erosion of mountains massifs...
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The South Småland peneplain (Swedish: Sydsmåländska peneplanet) is a large flattish erosion surface, a peneplain, formed during the Tertiary, covering...
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re-exposed parts of the Sub-Cambrian peneplain. Because the southern and eastern shores are parts where the Sub-Cambrian peneplain gently tilts towards the north...
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and it is ideal for many outdoor activities. The plateau is the largest peneplain (eroded plain) in Europe, covering an area of about 6,500 km2 (2,500 sq mi)...
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Cobar Peneplain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales, and comprises 7,385,346 hectares (18,249,590 acres). The bioregion has...
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deformation and then reduced by a long continued erosion to a peneplain of modern relief. A peneplain with the occasional moderately high monadnocks left behind...
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types of countryside. The larger part of the country is covered by a peneplain, which forms a gently undulating landscape with, in some areas, a few...
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