Dictionary

ridgeline en · NOUN

Etymology

From ridge + line.

Meanings

1. The topmost edge along a mountain ridge.
   • To either side there are beautiful views from the trail along the ridgeline.
   • Surface runoff from ridgeline development can contaminate rivers and streams that supply drinking water downstream. 2003, John R. Nolon, Open Ground: Effective Local Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources, Environmental Law Institute, →ISBN, page 29:
   • a. 2007, Federal Aviation Administration, Rotorcraft Flying Handbook, →ISBN, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8 http://books.google.com/books?id=Bk9fOM4zsKwC&pg=PT97&dq=ridgeline&sig=9rt5EdI_M39hmj7A4pxbJZ8PX-k A ridgeline is a long area from which the surface drops away steeply on one or two sides, such as a bluff or precipice.
   • As the trail flattens out, it follows the draw up right to a saddle in the ridgeline. 1999, Stewart M. Green, Rock Climbing Arizona, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 77:
   • Standing atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted. 2005, Margaret Weis, chapter 34, in Master of Dragons, Macmillan, →ISBN:
   • These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances. a. 2003, Zoning regulations of the Town of Clinton, New York, §2.5, cited in http://books.google.com/books?id=SYoFGy1C8_sC&pg=PA29&dq=ridgeline&sig=9jjYsFMKwaHt989-hGPuHVCl0Y4
   • At least a hundred million tons of rock are sliding down the Chugach peaks surrounding Portage Glacier. Ridgelines are cracking apart. Massive ramparts of stone are slumping, in places alarmingly, by meters each year. 2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic:
2. The topmost edge along a roof, where its sloping sides meet.

Forms

Deriveds

ridgeline plot