Ridgeline
Full definition of ridgeline
Noun
- 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 1602390606, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8 http://books.google.com/books?id=Bk9fOM4zsKwC&pg=PT97&dq=ridgeline&sig=9rt5EdI_M39hmj7A4pxbJZ8PX-kA 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 156044813X, Globe Pequot, 1999, p. 77 http://books.google.com/books?id=jg0umI3r-j0C&pg=PA77&dq=ridgeline&sig=EOkFlBTszlKya5bVeHfYCWZORgoAs 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 1585760552, Environmental Law Institute, 2003, p. 29 http://books.google.com/books?id=SYoFGy1C8_sC&pg=PA29&dq=ridgeline&sig=9jjYsFMKwaHt989-hGPuHVCl0Y4Surface 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 http://books.google.com/books?id=SYoFGy1C8_sC&pg=PA29&dq=ridgeline&sig=9jjYsFMKwaHt989-hGPuHVCl0Y4These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances.
- Margaret Weis, Master of Dragons, ISBN 0765304708, Macmillan, 2005, ch. 34 http://books.google.com/books?id=aCqYffiP-YEC&pg=PA260&dq=ridgeline&sig=6u-g2oEyjkwn84iuMYz79rtTogoStanding atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted.
