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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Strip mining leveled ridgelines so flat you could land a plane on them.
From Salon
“He’s on the ridgeline right now, working his way up due south, slowly,” the camera operator radioed.
From Los Angeles Times
The unit saved a man and a woman on March 3 along a ridgeline trail about 9,000 feet above Idyllwild.
From Los Angeles Times
A fire had ignited high in the hills of Pacific Palisades, and smoke was massing over the bone-dry ridgeline.
From Los Angeles Times
An hour later, the flames had jumped across the ridgelines and descended down the mountain.
From BBC
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