What is a land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain called?
peneplain — A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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