What does ridge line mean?
Ridge line means The topmost edge along a mountain ridge..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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 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.
These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances.
As the trail flattens out, it follows the draw up right to a saddle in the ridgeline.
Surface runoff from ridgeline development can contaminate rivers and streams that supply drinking water downstream.
Standing atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted.
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.
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Ridge line means The topmost edge along a mountain ridge..
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To either side there are beautiful views from the trail along the ridgeline.
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