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The tops of hills or mountains of approximately the same altitude assumed to represent the remnants of a considerably dissected erosion surface or the uniform reduction in the height of summits between evenly spaced valleys.

[See alsodenudation chronology]

Richard A.ShakesbySwansea University
10.4135/9781446247501.n30

RömerW (2008) Accordant summit heights, summit levels and the origin of the “upper denudational level” in the Serra do Mar (SE-Brazil, São Paulo): A study in hillslope form and process. Geomorphology100: 312327.
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