Ridge

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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

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
• 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 Vineyards, a wine producer in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California

See also

• Oak Ridge

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