[Tagging] Peak-based mountain range proof of concept

Paul Allen pla16021 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 30 12:05:01 UTC 2020


On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 04:19, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Uhm, yeah, they've all got names, but I think they're better represented
> by linear features that follow the streams. (They all have streams!)
>

You make it sound surprising that they all have streams.  :)   Of course,
it's
not a coincidence.  Does examining the sources of streams and rivers
help or hinder an analysis of what constitutes the mountain range?

By the way, you know what silent letters are. In that part of the world,
> "hollow" has an invisible R on the end.  (Just like 'soda' in Providence,
> where they'll buy a litah of soder.)
>

The correct term for this is "Intrusive R."
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linking_and_intrusive_R

This is a turn-up for the books.  I knew something that Kevin Kenny did not.
Far more often it is the other way around.  If it weren't for the lock-down
I'd go out and celebrate.

-- 
Paul
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