Ridge

[GoneFishingLTN]

I'm not quite understanding what a ridge looks like on a contour map, From what I think it looks like is a point but more narrow? If anyone can help me better identify a ridge that would be great.

Sorry if this isn't that right part of the forum to post this 

[Michigander]

Back to land-nav: https://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/land_navigation_map_reading/identify-major-minor-terr.shtml

[A-Jay]

One of the more interesting & some times challenging aspects of our sport,

is that fishing 'terms' are rarely the same between anglers; especially as we move around this great country.

This one may be no different.

A somewhat common (non-fishing) definition of a ridge is a long, narrow crest of something.

An example of a ridge is the strip of mountains. 

Another could be along an animal's backbone.

If you can perhaps picture that type of structure on bottom of the lake, river or reservoir your fishing, it might help. 

In my world, a ridge is almost always associated with a high spot which is in close proximity to a drop off cascading into deeper water.  Doesn't always need to be a huge difference between the two, but it's often more than subtle a difference.

A-Jay

[12poundbass]

What I did that helped me out is when driving around on land I look at the landscape, then visualize it being underwater. Maybe hunting almost my entire life has helped because the terms seem to interchange. Getting familiar with the terms on land seems to help underwater. 
 

Hope that makes sense. 

[Team9nine]

I like @A-Jay definition, but there is variation between regions and “professions.” This diagram came off a ‘how to read topo maps’ type site. It’s close...

 

[Sphynx]

You can make a fist and identify all major terrain features on it, in this instance, your knuckles from first finger, driving finger, ring finger and pinky finger make up your ridge, on a map, like the one above, will be a series of peaks, connected at some elevation, the features labeled with a one, are a typical example of a ridge. 

[scaleface]

You know what a ridge is above water . Now picture it under water .

[WRB]

If you live in mountain terrain a ridge is easy to picture as the crest or “ridge” the terrain between 2 canyons or ravine. 

If you live where no mountains exist just rounded hills and valleys it’s harder to visualize. 

Tom

 

[papajoe222]

I'm a 'flatlander' from Illinois, and a ridge was explained to me as the crest of a hill and I've always referred to one as a crest, but envisioned it the same. A valley or ravine can only exist between two ridges.

[Catt]

 

Look at the roof of your house, the very top is called a "ridge".

 

Now picture that as land

 

 

[scaleface]

A point would be a ridge but we call them points . A saddle between to high spots would be a ridge .