A hill is an undulating terrain with topography that is rounded at the tops, and with slopes and an inconspicuous slope line. Hills generally have relative heights less than 200 m. Low hills have reletive heights less than 100 m while high hills are 100–200 m high. Examples are the Liaodong hills, Shandong hills, southern hills and Zhegan hills.
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(2020). Hill. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1055
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