Ridge

Ridge

A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges:

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Famous quotes containing the word ridge:

    “The light passes
    from ridge to ridge,
    from flower to flower.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal.... The shallowest people on the ridge of the earth.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The light passes
    from ridge to ridge,
    from flower to flower—”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)