etchplain
A plain (area of land, not necessarily flat) where bedrock has been subject to extensive etching or subsurface weathering.
Noun
- A plain (area of land, not necessarily flat) where bedrock has been subject to extensive etching or subsurface weathering.
- Lateritized etchplains are surfaces of low relief underlain by extensive primary laterite deposits. - 1969, Michael Frederic Thomas, Environment and land use in Africa, page 127:
Origin
From etch + plain.