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Timberline vs Ridgeline - What's the difference?

timberline | ridgeline |

As nouns the difference between timberline and ridgeline

is that timberline is the height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or arctic regions while ridgeline is the topmost edge along a mountain ridge.

timberline

English

Alternative forms

* timber line

Noun

(en noun)
  • The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or arctic regions.

    • Synonyms

    * tree line

    ridgeline

    English

    Noun

    (en 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-k]
    • A 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=EOkFlBTszlKya5bVeHfYCWZORgo]
  • *:As 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-hGPuHVCl0Y4]
    • Surface 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-hGPuHVCl0Y4]
    • These 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-g2oEyjkwn84iuMYz79rtTogo]
    • Standing atop the ridgeline , King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted.