稜線(りょうせん)

りょうせん
noun
ridgeline; mountain ridge
formalgeographynature
1. ridgeline; skyline of a ridge
The line along the top of a mountain ridge, especially as seen outlined against the sky.
山(やま)の稜線(りょうせん)が美(うつく)しい。
The ridgeline of the mountains is beautiful.
夕日(ゆうひ)が稜線(りょうせん)の向(む)こうに沈(しず)んでいった。
The evening sun sank behind the ridge.
山頂(さんちょう)から稜線(りょうせん)沿(ぞ)いに歩(ある)くと、両側(りょうがわ)に雲海(うんかい)が広(ひろ)がっていた。
Walking along the ridge from the summit, we saw a sea of clouds spread out on both sides.

Usage

A written and hiking word. In landscape writing it is the outline of mountains against the sky; for climbers it is the ridge route itself (稜線(りょうせん)を歩(ある)く).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 尾根(おね): ridge, the everyday word for the landform; 稜線(りょうせん) stresses the line it draws.

Related Words

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