The (legal) difference between a hill and a mountain
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- There "is" a legal and definitive difference between a hill and a mountain. I made this video as it's a very common question asked by participants on my courses, to which I always give the same answer.
In Russian a hill corresponds to the word «холм», and a mountain to the word «гора». But! In Siberia (at least the Eastern part) there's a word «сопка» (sopkha) which means something in between. A sort of a large hill covered in trees (we call the forest «Taiga» as everybody knows 😁). But not tall and pointy enough to be considered a mountain by local standards, I guess... 😏
It’s the difference between “Falling down a hill” and “Falling off a mountain”.
me: third sol-fa note.
mountain: a hill of great size [obvs, one you "mount"]
courtesy of Collins Gem dictionary.
Now look what you've done. You've made me look it up, sigh, learning something every day!
I think "you'll know when you see one" is a very elegant solution and speaks to a deeper linguistic truth about us all. But still very annoying when you just want to know the difference 😅 Still, at least I live in England so I've got my 600m to keep me sane!
Thank you so much
Question, is a hill under 600 m above see level but over 450 m above see level?
I’m sorry, I don’t understand the question. Could you rephrase it.
If a mountain is over 600m what is a hill? I want a number to work with
As far as I know there is no legal definition of a hill, sorry - so I’ll have to give you my own personal definition (which may be wrong).
I would say that: as a mountain (in the UK) is defined as any land being over 600m, a “hill” would be any land below 600m which raises above the area surrounding it.
@@jordanreid5857>>> *_"see level"_* depends on whether you have 20/20 vision or not...😉
Starting at about 03:46 in this video...
*_"How long is a piece of string?"_* 😊
measure to the middle and double it ;-)
Thanks 👍
You're welcome
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Can't I just look at a map to determine if it's a hill or a mountain?
A mountain is a big pointy hill, simples.
Not all mountains are pointy
@@pavlekovacevic1676>>> _Erosion_ is a thing...😉
Mountain more than 1000ft above sea level.
If you're in Scotland, then all the Scottish mountains are called hills.
Maybe we should just rename them as “lumps” 😊
Bens, Marilyns, Tumps, Dodds, Corbett, Grahams, Donalds, Furths, Hewitts, Nuttalls, Murdos, Deweys, Humps, Donald Deweys, Yeamans, Simms, Clems, Birketts, Synges, Fellrangers, Ethels, Hills, Tops, SIBs, Dillons, Arderins, Carns, Munros, Binnions, etc, etc, etc.
This isn't a full list !
I wonder what different names there are in other countries for these ?
As a Scot, they're all just fancy names for hills 😀
i never realised it was only 600m (I thought it was set @ 1km/1000m) thx
There was a period when some schools needed every teacher to have an MLC (mountain leadership) certificate to take kids into the school playground (or at least it was proposed) because the schools were above 600m!
I was born and raised in *_Florida, USA._*
*THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE...😉🤭*
Au, contrare!! I climbed Mt. Dora with my Aunt & had to collect her in the car!
All 125' above sea level! 😂❤🎉
@@honeybadgerisme 1000ft is a hill 1001 ft is a mountain, watch the film" man who went up a hill and came don a mountain" , Hugh Grant.
It’s kind of like pornography. You can’t define it, but you know it when you see it !
Ha Ha Ha! How do you define that outside of England? Well, you did invent the English language, so, you can call them as you see them.