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.
    • a. 2007, Federal Aviation Administration, Rotorcraft Flying Handbook, →ISBN, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8
      A ridgeline is a long area from which the surface drops away steeply on one or two sides, such as a bluff or precipice.
    • 1999, Stewart M. Green, Rock Climbing Arizona‎, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 77:
      As the trail flattens out, it follows the draw up right to a saddle in the ridgeline.
    • 2003, John R. Nolon, Open Ground: Effective Local Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources‎, Environmental Law Institute, →ISBN, page 29:
      Surface runoff from ridgeline development can contaminate rivers and streams that supply drinking water downstream.
    • a. 2003, Zoning regulations of the Town of Clinton, New York, §2.5, cited in
      These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances.
    • 2005, Margaret Weis, chapter 34, in Master of Dragons‎, Macmillan, →ISBN:
      Standing atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted.

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