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What is the difference between a hill and a mountain

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There are no official definitions for generic terms as applied to geographic features. They are used as chosen by people. ChaCha!

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A mountain was over 1000 ft of local relief, until the 70's. Currently there are no official feature classification standards.

Jan 11 2009, 03:15pm | Source: What is the difference between "mountain", "hill", and "peak"; "lake" and "pond"; or "river" and "creek"? | www.usgs.gov

Universally no accepted standard for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit.

Dec 27 2008, 12:32pm | Source: What's the difference between a hill and a mountain? | geography.about.com

There is no universally accepted standard for the height of a mountain or hill, but a mountain usually has an identifiable summit.

Dec 18 2008, 12:08pm | Source: What's the difference between a hill and a mountain? | geography.about.com
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