ridgeline

English

Etymology

ridge +‎ line

Noun

ridgeline (plural ridgelines)

1. The topmost edge along a mountain ridge.

   To either side there are beautiful views from the trail along the ridgeline.

   • Federal Aviation Administration, Rotorcraft Flying Handbook, →ISBN, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8 [1]

     A ridgeline is a long area from which the surface drops away steeply on one or two sides, such as a bluff or precipice.

   • Stewart M. Green, Rock Climbing Arizona, →ISBN, Globe Pequot, 1999, p. 77 [2]

     As the trail flattens out, it follows the draw up right to a saddle in the ridgeline.

   • John R. Nolon, Open Ground: Effective Local Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources, →ISBN, Environmental Law Institute, 2003, p. 29 [3]

     Surface runoff from ridgeline development can contaminate rivers and streams that supply drinking water downstream.

   • Zoning regulations of the Town of Clinton, New York, §2.5, cited in [4]

     These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances.

   • Margaret Weis, Master of Dragons, →ISBN, Macmillan, 2005, ch. 34 [5]

     Standing atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted.

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