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A Suggestion on the System of Mountain Classification and Nomenclature using the Mountain Orders  

Son, Ill (Department of Geography Education, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.46, no.2, 2011 , pp. 115-133 More about this Journal
Abstract
Yamada's mountain ordering is to be said as an upward system, because the area and volume of the mountains become the larger as more than two lower order mountains constitute the higher order mountain. However, his mountain ordering shows some limitations to totally understand the mountain systems and to systematically manage the various kinds of mountainous informations. Because the independent third, fourth and so on, as well as the second lower order mountains are included in the higher order mountain. In order to solve the problem above, the downward system is suggested as the alternative of his upward system. The downward system means that the higher order mountain is classified into the second lower order mountains, and the second lower order mountain is classified into the third lower order mountains and finally the 2nd order mountain classified into the 1st order mountains. The method to classify a certain mountain systematically into all mountainous elements and the new nomenclature to be used for the classified elements are developed, using the downward system above. And the structure of database could be also suggested for the integrated and systematic management of mountain informations.
Keywords
Yamada; mountain ordering; mountain order; upward system; downward system; nomenclature; database;
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