单词 | fall zone |
释义 | > as lemmasfall zone fall zone n. = fall line n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > natural drainage > specific river profile > fall line fall line1882 fall zone1911 1911 I. Bowman Forest Physiogr. xxix. 623 This border is marked by steepened stream descents and low falls and rapids. It is commonly designated the fall line, or fall zone. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xv. 220 The Fall Line, or, more accurately, the Fall Zone of North America, where falls and rapids mark the descent of the streams from the ‘old-land’ to the coastal plain. 2012 D. J. Stanford & B. A. Bradley Across Atlantic Ice iv. 94 Cactus Hill is on the east bank of the Nottoway River in Sussex County, Virginia, some 13 miles east of the Fall Zone. < as lemmas |
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