Mountain or Hill?

Question

Hi,

When does a hill become a mountain? How do you which is which?

Answer 1

Hills are out East. Mountains are in Colorado and surrounding states.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit. In the United Kingdom, a mountain must be over 600 meters (1969 feet) or over 300 meters (984 feet) if it's an abrupt difference in the local topography. However, some hills can be called mountains and some mountains can be called hills - it's just a matter of the original name given to the relief.

The British Ordnance Survey once defined a mountain as having 1,000 feet of elevation and less was a hill, but the distinction was abandoned sometime in the 1920's. There was even a movie with this as its theme in the late 1990's - The Englishman That Went Up a Hill and Down a Mountain. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names once stated that the difference between a hill and a mountain in the U.S. was 1,000 feet of local relief, but even this was abandoned in the early 1970's. Broad agreement on such questions is essentially impossible, which is why there are no official feature international classification standards.

Answer 3

mountains are rocky hills are grassy

Answer 4

When I was at school,we were generally taught that a mountainwas over 3000 feet, but I would not state that as a fact.

Answer 5

is this a serious question

over like 3000ft

Answer 6

A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area, with a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill, but there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit.

In England and Wales the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has defined "mountain" (as a mass noun) as all land over 600 metres for the purposes of right to roam legislation. This is a close metric equivalent of 2,000 feet (610 m)

Answer 7

Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit. In the United Kingdom, a mountain must be over 600 meters (1969 feet) or over 300 meters (984 feet) if it's an abrupt difference in the local topography. However, some hills can be called mountains and some mountains can be called hills - it's just a matter of the original name given to the relief.

Answer 8

A hill is an increase, or accumalation of dirt in an area that forms a mound.

A Mountain is two plates colliding together forcing debree up causing a mountain.

Answer 9

well a mountain is full of ice and its most likelly bigger than a freeken hill but hill is mostly grassy and you can roll down on them its fun weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Answer 10

when it gets to 1000 feet... on a map it should have its higet listed!