ridgeline
[ rij-lahyn ]
/ ˈrɪdʒˌlaɪn /
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noun
a line formed along the highest points of a mountain ridge.
an area of higher ground separating two adjacent streams or watersheds.
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Words nearby ridgeline
ridge, ridgeback, Ridgecrest, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, ridgeline, ridgeling, ridgepole, ridge rib, ridgetree, ridgeway
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Example sentences from the Web for ridgeline
At the end of day three, I descended from the ridgeline after stuffing my face with plump wild blueberries and veered onto the Rock Harbor Trail.
It was fought beyond the tall ridgeline in American memory of the Civil War.
Perched on a ridgeline between two steeply sloping canyons, it offered views all the way out to the rich agricultural lands of the Sacramento Valley, roughly a thousand feet below.