Talk:Wiehen Hills

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The German term Gebirge means Mountains. So the Wiehengebirge should call Wiehen Mountains I fear? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.101.252.103 (talk) 16:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

But as you can see the reference refers to them as hills, probably on account of their low height. The problem is that German does not really distinguish between hills and mountains. All are called Berge or Gebirge (the latter usually being a chain of mountains or hills). Hügel is sometimes used, but generally refers to low hills or hillocks. There is no hard definition of a hill or mountain in English, but some sources draw the boundary at 2000 feet or 612 metres. --Bermicourt (talk) 18:45, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

O.K., understood. But as in inhabitant of the Wiehengebirge I always emphasize, especial if I talk with persons from Bavaria, that our Wiehen g e b i r g e actual is a Gebirge. Actal it is a Mittelgebirge, means a Low Mountain range, but not only a hill country. The basis of the Wiehengebirge aere rocks, not only sand/ earth. It exists due to tectonical reasons, not because of the ice-time, the reasons for hills in Northern Germany. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.101.252.103 (talk) 11:47, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I found a reference that speaks about Wiehen Mountains. It (The city Osnabrueck) lies on the canalized Hase River between the Teutoburg Forest (Teutoburger Wald) and the Wiehen Mountains (Wiehengebirge). - See: Encyclopædia Britannica here. Falk Oberdorf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.101.252.103 (talk) 15:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, American sources tend to use 'mountain' far more widely than other English sources and you'll notice Encyclopædia Britannica also applies American-style river naming to foreign rivers like the Hase. In Europe, a mountain is defined as being over 2000 feet. Bermicourt (talk) 07:16, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

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