7-582: A ridge road is a road or track, usually ancient, that runs along the ridge formed by a line of hills. Ridge Road may refer to: Roads [ edit ] Canada Ridge Road, formerly Manitoba Provincial Road 303 , in the Rural Municipality of Hanover India Vandemataram Marg , formerly Upper Ridge Road or Ridge Road, New Delhi, India Ireland Esker Riada , also known as Ridge Road United States Blue Ridge Road ,
14-724: A New York State Scenic Byway in Essex County, New York Ridge Road (Western New York) Ridge Route in California Trail Ridge Road, one of the highest roads in the US, located in Rocky Mountain National Park U.S. Route 6 Business (Gary, Indiana) , a former route, part of which was named Ridge Road Others [ edit ] "Ridge Road", a 2005 song by T-Pain from Rappa Ternt Sanga [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
21-514: A larger geomorphological and/or structural feature. Frequently, a ridge can be further subdivided into smaller geomorphic or structural elements. As in the case of landforms in general, there is a lack of any commonly agreed classification or typology of ridges. They can be defined and classified on the basis of a variety of factors including either genesis, morphology, composition, statistical analysis of remote sensing data, or some combinations of these factors. An example of ridge classification
28-445: Is also called a ridgeline . Limitations on the dimensions of a ridge are lacking. Its height above the surrounding terrain can vary from less than a meter to hundreds of meters. A ridge can be either depositional , erosional , tectonic , or a combination of these in origin and can consist of either bedrock , loose sediment , lava , or ice depending on its origin. A ridge can occur as either an isolated, independent feature or part of
35-434: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform , structural feature , or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest , with the terrain dropping down on either side. The crest, if narrow,
42-678: Is that of Schoeneberger and Wysocki, which provides a relatively simple and straightforward system that is used by the USA National Cooperative Soil Survey Program to classify ridges and other landforms. This system uses the dominant geomorphic process or setting to classify different groups of landforms into two major groups, Geomorphic Environments and Other Groupings with a total of 16 subgroups. The groups and their subgroups are not mutually exclusive; landforms, including ridges, can belong to multiple subgroups. In this classification, ridges are found in
49-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ridge_Road&oldid=1188433895 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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