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fall line, boundary between an upland region and a coastal plain across which rivers from the upland region drop to the plain as falls or rapids. A fall line is formed in an area where the rivers have eroded away the soft rocks of a coastal plain more quickly than the older harder rocks of an upland region. Such erosion follows a crooked line along a coast. River vessels usually cannot travel beyond a fall line and their cargoes must be unloaded there. The falls (see waterfall waterfall, a sudden unsupported drop in a stream. It is formed when the stream course is interrupted as when a stream passes over a layer of harder rock—often igneous—to an area of softer and therefore more easily eroded rock; the edge of a cliff or
..... Click the link for more information. ) also supply water power for the development of industry such as textile and grist mills. For these reasons a fall line often marks a string of developed areas, such as the break between the Appalachian rise and the coastal plain of the eastern United States, where a band of commercial and industrial cities quickly developed in the 19th cent., paralleling the line of port cities along the coasts. Typical fall-line cities on the Atlantic coast of the United States are Lowell, Mass.; Pawtucket, R.I.; Troy, N.Y.; Trenton, N.J.; Georgetown, now part of Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Va.; Raleigh, N.C.; Columbia, S.C.; and Augusta, Ga. Among the fall-line cities of the Mississippi valley are Louisville, Ky., and Minneapolis, Minn.

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

fall line [′fȯl ‚līn]

(geology)

The zone or boundary between resistant rocks of older land and weaker strata of plains.

The line indicated by the edge over which a waterway suddenly descends, as in waterfalls.

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And a subscription to Fall Line magazine is upforgrabs for the person who tests the most equipment.

Chill out on slopes by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * From pinkifying camouflage to hanging its flagship store with fine art and toy helicopters, no one challenges and embraces tradition like Maharishi, who chose ancient fabric for its new fall line.

Maharishi by Louison, Cole / The Fader

And one of the looks that will be part of the fall line for Maybelline will radiate this trend with eyes enwrapped in smokey shades and lined with inky shades of plum and black.

Bold looks for fall: cosmetic companies continue to embrace dramatic ... by Elkins, Lindsay / Household & Personal Products Industry

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