fall line

Japanese: fall line(英語表記)fallline
fall line

…A topography in which numerous waterfalls, rapids, and torrents are continuously distributed horizontally along a line of several rivers that flow almost parallel to each other is called a fall line, and a city or group of cities that are distributed linearly along this line is called a fall line city. It is also called a fall line city. The term fall line is a term that has been used for a long time in the United States and refers to the boundary zone where the Piedmont Plateau at the southeastern foot of the Appalachian Mountains in the east meets the coastal plain that spreads further southeast, forming a waterfall layer. …

*Some terminology that mentions "fall line" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ほぼ平行に流れるいくつかの川の多数の滝や早瀬,急流が横に一線上に連続的に分布する地形を滝線または瀑(布)線,フォール・ラインfall line,フォール・ゾーンといい,この線に沿って線状に分布する都市および都市群を滝線都市という。瀑(布)線都市ともいう。フォール・ラインの語はアメリカ合衆国で古くから慣用されている用語で,東部にあるアパラチア山脈南東麓のピードモント台地が,さらにその南東に広がる海岸平野に接して造瀑層をなしている境界帯をさす。…

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