sharp ridge

collocation in English

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sharp
adjective
uk
/ʃɑːp/us
/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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ridge
noun[C]
uk
/rɪdʒ/us
/rɪdʒ/
a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along ...
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(Definition ofsharpandridgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The lower jaw had a distinctive,sharpridgeimmediately behind a reduced set of teeth.
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The feature forms a bluff high at its northern end, but becomes asharpridgetoward the south.
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The whorls are constricted around the upper part, with a rathersharpridgenext to the suture, and an obtuse angle below the constriction.
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The southern coast also rises to asharpridgeforming one edge of a caldera named with a diameter of 1.5 km.
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It is defined as asharpridgein many viperids, but is rounded in most rattlesnakes, for example.
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Head cleft, back strongly arched; sides flattened out with a hardsharpridgerunning longitudinally round the whole insect.
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The latter has a simple gable roof, whose steep, pitched gables raise high to asharpridge.
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The uppermost floors are tapered with a steep diagonal roof on one side, leading to asharpridge.
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Both taxa share asharpridgeon the lateral margin of the maxilla that marks the lower extent of an opening called the antorbital fossa.
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The western peaks make up a singlesharpridge.
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Softened terrain lacks thesharpridgecrests seen near the equator, and is instead smoothly rounded.
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Both taxa share asharpridgeon the lateral margin of the maxilla that marks the ventral extent of the antorbital fossa.
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Another theorized original meaning is hill with asharpridge.
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These dunes have long,sharpridgelines.
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Thoratic scutes on struthiosaurines are oval to teardrop shaped, and possess sharp ridges that rise distally.
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Rosenbrock search is a form of derivate-free search but may perform better on functions with sharp ridges.
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It made a gallant advance over two sharp ridges, but being unsupported was compelled to return to its earlier stand.
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Sharp ridges and deep valleys carve this rugged region, which alternates between bare rock and lush vegetation.
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There are about 17 mi of developed trail; 80 percent of the wilderness has a grade exceeding 30 percent, typically steep canyons and sharp ridges.
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