| A mountain is a large landscape figure that is formed | | | | and continuity. In that case, all these factors must be |
| as a result of many earth processes. The process | | | | effective enough to cause some notable change in |
| could either be folding, faulting or even volcanic | | | | the landscape. In many classes in America, it is taught |
| activity. The resultant feature is a large kind of a | | | | that measurements are key in telling whether a given |
| platform that stands out from the rest of the | | | | feature is a hill or more than a hill. If the highest point |
| surrounding landscape. The area it occupies is large | | | | of a landscape feature is 1,000 or more feet above |
| but the it narrows as the feature stretches upwards | | | | the base, them that qualifies to be called a mountain. |
| and culminates into a peak. | | | | In other places, the definition says that the distance |
| Many people find it difficult to differentiate between | | | | between the base and the peak should be at least |
| a mountain and a hill, but the major difference is that | | | | 2,500 meters, the slope should be greater than 2 |
| a hill is less steep than its counterpart. However, | | | | kilometers and the radius of elevation must be more |
| there is no universal agreement of how steep a | | | | than 7 kilometers. Going by this definition, these |
| feature should be to qualify for a hill or otherwise. In | | | | features cover 64% of Asia, 17% of Australia and |
| many cases, it depends on judgment based on | | | | 3% of Africa. They have characteristics like low |
| previous experience. | | | | temperatures, glaciations at the highest peak as well |
| Other criteria used in the definition of a mountain | | | | as weathering and erosion. |
| include the elevation, the volume, the relief, spacing | | | | |