champaign

/ˈʃæmˌpeɪn/

Other forms: champaigns

Definitions of champaign

1. noun

   extensive tract of level open land
   synonyms: field, plain

   examples:

   Olympia

   a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games

   Nullarbor Plain

   a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center

   Serengeti Plain

   a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife

   types:

   flat

   a level tract of land

   flood plain, floodplain

   a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

   llano

   an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)

   moor, moorland

   open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

   peneplain, peneplane

   a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements

   snowfield

   a permanent wide expanse of snow

   steppe

   extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

   tundra

   a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

   alluvial flat, alluvial plain

   a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water

   salt flat, salt plain

   a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water

   type of:

   dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma

   the solid part of the earth's surface