ALL meanings of fall line
fall line
F f - noun fall line an imaginary line, marked by waterfalls and rapids, where rivers descend abruptly from an upland to a lowland. 1
- noun fall line (initial capital letters) Eastern U.S. the imaginary line between the Piedmont and the Atlantic coastal plain. 1
- noun fall line Skiing. the path of natural descent from one point on a slope to another. 1
- noun fall line the natural downward course between two points on a slope 0
- noun fall line the edge of a plateau 0
- noun fall line a natural junction, running parallel to the E coast of the US, between the hard rocks of the Appalachians and the softer coastal plain, along which rivers form falls and rapids 0
- noun fall line the line east of the Appalachian Mountains, marking the end of the coastal plains and the beginning of the Piedmont Plateau 0
- noun fall line the geographical line indicating the beginning of a plateau, usually marked by many waterfalls and rapids 0
- noun fall line the line of direct descent down a hill 0
- noun fall line (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. 0
- noun fall line (snowboarding) The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow. 0