[Tagging] Flat area in the mountains

Sun Apr 24 09:52:03 UTC 2022

Perhaps it is unique to Colorado (US), but we use “Park” for a flat area between mountain ranges.  North park, Central Park, and you’ve probably heard of South Park.  These are not small features though.

> On Apr 24, 2022, at 09:24, Yves via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> 
> I guess 'clot' is a French word meaning enclosed.
> 
> For all of these, a place=locality and good contour lines is fine.
> Yves
> 
>> On 24 April 2022 10:08:33 CEST, solitone <solitone at mail.com> wrote:
>> (1) plateau = “altopiano” in italian = alto-piano
>> 
>> alto = high
>> piano = flat area
>> 
>> (2) “piano” in italian = flat area, on a slope, usually limited in size (tens-hundreds of meters). Also called “clot” or “chiot” in local dialect (north-west of Italy, southern France).
>> 
>> A couple of xamples:
>> 
>> [1] Clot Vacher, “clot” is a dialect word meaning “piano”
>> [2] In this second example, the spot has been abandoned and trees have grown again
>> 
>> [1] https://postimg.cc/3WFdSx4C
>> [2] https://postimg.cc/yD2ScptD
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