The Deciduous Temperate Forest or Stylist is a type of temperate environment that can be found in the United States, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Russia and Korea. It is typical of the areas near the polar circle. The trees of this ecosystem lose their leaves in winter time and reappear in the rainy and dry season. Due to its great extent, the United States has the vast majority of this type of forest, followed by Canada.
A fall line is an upland region of the coastal plains meets and the term states that lots of rivers fall from this Piedmont to the coastal plain making rapids with waterfalls.
These falls are important as for the settlement as they block the ocean going ships from entering in any further upstream and also provided water power to run the region industries.