You may have heard that a ridge characteristic is found “on the top of a mountain.”
But what does that mean?
In this blog post, we will discuss where you can find this property and why it matters for your home.
We’ll also cover how to avoid issues with ridge characteristics in your new home purchase.
The most common place to find a ridge characteristic is on the top of a mountain.
This property is found at the peak where there are two steep slopes meeting, one below and one above this feature.
The result is that it creates an overhanging lip or edge which looks like a small cliff–in fact, you may already know this type of landform as “limestone cliffs.”
If you were to hike up to these points, they would be very narrow with dropoffs into valleys below in some cases.
In geology terms, when people refer to ridge characteristics they are talking about limestone ridges formed by erosion from water deposition.
During periods before human habitation you can see how important knowledge about your home’s location will
