Ridge (disambiguation)
Appearance
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A ridge is a geological feature that features a continuous elevational crest for some distance.
Ridge may also refer to:
Science
- Ridge (biology), a domain of the genome with a high gene expression
- Ridge (differential geometry), curves of locally maximal curvature on surfaces in 3D
- Ridge (geometry), an (n-2)-dimensional element of a polytope
- Ridge (meteorology), an elongated region of relatively high atmospheric pressure
- Ridge detection, an image descriptor for capturing elongated objects that are brighter than their surrounding
- Ridge regression, a statistical regularization method
- RIDGE, Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements in which weather radar images are projected on a map
Places
- United Kingdom
- Ridge, Dorset, a village in Dorset, England
- Ridge, Hertfordshire, a village in Hertfordshire, England
- United States
- Ridge, California
- Ridge, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
- Ridge, Maryland
- Ridge, New York, a location on Long Island
- Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois
- West Ridge, Chicago, Illinois, a North Chicago neighborhood
- India
- The Ridge, Shimla, open space in Himachal Pradesh, India
People
- John Ridge or Yellow Bird (1792-1839), member of the Cherokee Tribe, son of Major Ridge
- John Rollin Ridge or Cheesquatalawny (1827–1867), member of the Cherokee tribe, considered the first Native American novelist
- Major Ridge or Pathkiller II (c. 1771 –1839), Cherokee Indian leader
- Matthew Ridge (b. 1968), New Zealand rugby footballer
- Sterling Ridge, Arizona legislator and mayor
- Stuart Ridge (born 1961), former English cricketer
- Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania governor and first Director of Homeland Security
Entertainment
- Ridge (comics), a comics character in the Marvel universe
- Ridge Forrester, a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
- Ridge Racer, an arcade game
Other uses
- Ridge (roof), an architectural element on roof
- Ridge Vineyards, a wine producer in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California
- a term used in dog breeding, meaning a ridge of hair that runs along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. e.g. on the Thai Ridgeback