Tunturi
Tunturi is a term Finnois which indicates a round Montagne of Fennoscandie. Tunturi , which is of origin same and means Toundra , is translated into Danish by fjeld , into English by fell , into Swedish by fjäll and comes from the Vieux norrois fjall which means “mountain”. The rock of these reliefs, very old and very hard (Quarzite, Granulite, etc), made it possible these reliefs to resist the Glaciations whereas the more tender rocks were completely eroded.
The tops resulting from the oldest chains as the Carélides are presented in general in the form of hills or groups of hills isolated from not very impressive altitude (400 to 700 meters of altitude) but notable in a very flat landscape in addition (as in Finland). Moreover, one variation of a few degrees related to altitude is often enough to cover Toundra the top whereas the sides are wooded.
The tops resulting from the more recent chains, in fact of the the Scandinavian Alps, are raised and relatively grouped. This is why, whereas a Norwegian will be able to use the word fjell to indicate a mountain of 2000 meters altitude (and even a mountain very short, whatever its geological origin), a tunturi will evoke mainly for a Finnois a hill relatively low and isolated characteristic of the Finnish Lapland. The word is very difficult to translate because it strongly depends on the geography of the country which uses it.
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