Had to delineate ridges recently and had similar trouble finding a dataset.
At the end, the best was to manually digitize them using micro watershed
boundaries as a reference.

These are what the micro watersheds look like and each watershed boundary
always follow the ridges
https://amche.in/?layers=mapbox-satellite,india-micro-watersheds&terrain=1.5#9.58/15.4377/73.9995

Raw data for the watersheds are at
https://github.com/ramSeraph/indian_water_features/releases/tag/hydro-boundaries

On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM Saba Mundlay <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I haven't done it but you can probably extract what you need from DEM
> data: https://www.data.gov.in/keywords/dem
>
>
> On Monday, October 27, 2025 at 9:43:26 AM UTC+5:30 Prabhakar Shukla wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I hope this message finds you well.
>>
>> I am currently working on a *hydrological research project* and am
>> looking for *ridge maps or shapefiles of the Hills of India* to support
>> terrain and watershed analysis.
>>
>> I have already explored *Bhuvan* and *Bhukosh* portals, but
>> unfortunately, I could not find data suitable for my research requirements.
>>
>> Could anyone please guide me on where I might access such datasets or
>> share any relevant sources (e.g., open GIS repositories, government data
>> portals, or academic resources)?
>>
>> Any leads or suggestions would be highly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your time and help.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Prabhakar
>>
>> -
>>
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