smooth plain

collocation in English

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smooth
adjective
uk
/smuːð/us
/smuːð/
having a surface or consisting of a substance that is perfectly regular and has no holes, lumps, or areas that rise or ...
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plain
noun
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
a large area of ...
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(Definition ofsmoothandplainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Its floor is covered by thesmoothplainmaterial and displays a kidney-shaped collapse feature, which is also called a central pit.
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The entire district is situated on asmoothplain.
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Today the region is mostly asmoothplain, but it remains higher than the rest of the state and some hilly regions continue to exist.
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It has a prominent peak ring, which floor is covered by thesmoothplainmaterial.
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Intermediate plains material has a roughness and crater density transitional between intercrater plains material and smooth plains material.
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Smooth plains material appears to be largely coeval with c4 craters and basins.
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Therefore, because their distribution can not now be mapped accurately, many of these patches are included with the smooth plains material.
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Large concentrations of smooth plains deposits are found within the basin boundaries and at the intersections of rings of different basins.
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The floor of the basin is covered with intermediate smooth plains material, which has the same reflectance as the exterior intermediate terrain.
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Very smooth plains material flanks some scarps and ridges and, if the material is ponded extrusives or mass-wasted products, may postdate the structures.
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Materials of the smooth plains and very smooth plains are also concentrated mainly in the eastern part of the map area.
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Both the light and the various smooth plains are somewhat younger and less cratered than the background cratered plains.
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The area within it and part of the area between it and the outer ring are filled with smooth plains material.
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Given the relative lack of craters on the smooth plains, these regions are probably less than a few hundred million years old.
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In some crater floors, especially smaller ones, differentiation between smooth plains and intermediate plains materials is difficult and the choice becomes arbitrary.
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Minor tectonic activity continued as scarps andl unar mare-type wrinkle ridges developed within the smooth plains materials.
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The smooth plains are intersected by a system of wrinkle-ridges and troughs, both having radial or concentric shapes.
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This basin has a central peak ring and is embayed with smooth plains material, which is very different in texture from the surrounding terrain.
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