The final result is the reduction of the land surface to an approximate plain, called a Peneplain, somewhere near sea level.
"The Economic Aspect of Geology"
C. K. Leith
The final stage is again the Peneplain.
"The Economic Aspect of Geology"
C. K. Leith
Even surfaces developed on rocks of discordant structure, such as the Piedmont shows, are produced by long denudation, and we may consider the Piedmont as a Peneplain formed by the wearing down of mountain ranges, and recently uplifted.
"The Elements of Geology"
William Harmon Norton