geography

[gilbey]

when does a hill become a mountain

[sophie_1003]

I think it's three thousand feet but I'm not sure. Watch the film The Man Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain that'll have it in, it's quite a good film too!

[Pollyfrance]

Thanks for reminding me of the name of the film, it was brilliant

[Quizmonster]

In Britain, the Ordnance Survey uses whatever the local name is to describe high lands.  Throughout England, Wales and Ireland, it is agreed that those above 2,000 feet qualify as �mountains'.  Some people maintain, however, that a mountain must have a specific �peak'; on that basis, Kinder Scout - the highest area of Derbyshire's Peak District at 2,087 feet - is just moorland rather than mountain, despite the area's name!  In Scotland, there are various names for different mountain-heights...2,000 - 2,499 feet are Grahams, 2,500 - 2,999 feet are Corbetts and 3000 feet plus are Munros. The last of these is now applied to English, Welsh and Irish mountains, too.