fall line
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
fall line (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.
Translations [edit]
(geomorphologyfall line) A line marking a boundary between an upland region and a plane
(snowboardingfall line) Imaginary line downhill