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Old 04-21-07, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Hammertoe
It's a relative question...

One persons mountain is another's overpass...
Mountains are usually designated by a country's geography agency (the USGS in the USA) to have summits at least 2000 feet (or 600 meters) taller than the surrounding plains. Anyone calling an overpass a "mountain" probably greatly overestimates other lengths as well.
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