Ridge
Climate Change
A narrow elongated area of relatively high pressure on a weather chart.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
Ridge (of high pressure) In meteorology, an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure, almost always associated with and most clearly identified as an area of maximum anticyclonic curvature of wind flow.
Water
A line or wall of broken ice forced up by pressure. May be fresh or weathered.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
Weather
1) An elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure; the opposite of trough.
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2) In hydrologic terms, a line or wall of broken ice forced up by pressure. May be fresh or weathered