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What is the difference between a hill and a mountain?


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There is no standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit.

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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.

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

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

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