- the geographical line indicating the beginning of a plateau, usually marked by many waterfalls and rapids
- Skiing the line of direct descent down a hill
fall line
fall lineFall Line
the line east of the Appalachian Mountains, marking the end of the coastal plains and the beginning of the Piedmont Plateau
Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"fall line." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line>.
APA Style
fall line. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line
fall line
noun
- The steepest possible line of descent from a given point on a slope.
- A line connecting the waterfalls of upland rivers before they reach a common coastal plain, often marking the limit of upstream navigation and indicating a zone of potential water power for industrial purposes.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"fall line." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line>.
APA Style
fall line. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line
A line connecting the waterfalls of nearly parallel rivers that marks a drop in land level.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"fall line." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line>.
APA Style
fall line. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line
Noun
(plural fall lines)
- (geomorphology) A geomorphologic unconformity marking a boundary between an upland region and a plane; sometimes marked by a series of waterfalls on rivers that cross it.
- (snowboarding) The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"fall line." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line>.
APA Style
fall line. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/fall-line
