behind vs beyond

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Rollercoaster1

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1- There's a house behind that mountain.
2- There's a house beyond that mountain.

The 1st suggests that the house is at the back of the mountain, the 2nd farther away from the the mountain. Am I right?
 
That's basically right, yes.
 
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