ridgeline
Americannoun
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a line formed along the highest points of a mountain ridge.
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an area of higher ground separating two adjacent streams or watersheds.
Example Sentences
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Jones and Ryder, both 37, saw the flames coming down a ridgeline overlooking the ranch they rent sometime around 11:30 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
That’s when the 60 mph winds whipped through the hillside neighborhood and the fire appeared on a nearby ridgeline.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024
The newly renamed ridgeline has been significant to tribal nations such as the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation for thousands of years.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
But on that June day, he made a one-mile beeline, hiking to the top of a rocky ridgeline, where he seemed to while away the afternoon before walking directly home.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2023
For the next three miles, the walk was mostly along a lofty ridgeline connecting Greylock to Mount Williams.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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