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What is a fall line?

What is a fall line? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (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.
  2. (snowboarding) The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.
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Then quickly pivot both skis under your body into a sideslip in the fall line.
Wolff and Ware found similar regeneration when examining vegetation along the fall line in Virginia.
Then he runs a dozer up and down the slope, perpendicular to the fall line.
The resulting loss of pressure on the skis makes it difficult to balance and edge before the fall line.
We practise sliding downhill with skis at 90 degrees to the fall line, edges biting deep.
Now the entire fall line is available to the rest of us, featuring jewel tones and rich hand-knits, plus capes, coats and leggings.

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