diff --git a/Overlap/config_graph.F90 b/Overlap/config_graph.F90
index c05c68ec63cf59e00adfa418169549c68acb6784..158f6fcdc25d337a24ea1f34ca053339fcc5898d 100644
--- a/Overlap/config_graph.F90
+++ b/Overlap/config_graph.F90
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module config_graph_m
   ! the extremum of a given eddy.
 
   logical, protected:: cyclone = .true.
-  real, protected:: min_inters = 0.5 ! minimum intersection between contours
+  real, protected:: min_inters_speed = 0.5 ! minimum intersection between contours
 
 contains
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ contains
     integer, intent(in):: rank
 
     ! Local:
-    namelist /config_graph_nml/ max_delta, dist_lim, cyclone, min_inters
+    namelist /config_graph_nml/ max_delta, dist_lim, cyclone, min_inters_speed
 
     !-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ contains
     call ezmpi_bcast(max_delta, root = 0)
     call ezmpi_bcast(dist_lim, root = 0)
     call ezmpi_bcast(cyclone, root = 0)
-    call ezmpi_bcast(min_inters, root = 0)
+    call ezmpi_bcast(min_inters_speed, root = 0)
     call ezmpi_bcast(copy, root = 0)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Overlap/overlap.f90 b/Overlap/overlap.f90
index e103d94abf1aa0bbf0311114a34b5afdc19627d0..9bf4af49ca4dc929b2d95448b1b966e8b0b6aebd 100644
--- a/Overlap/overlap.f90
+++ b/Overlap/overlap.f90
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ contains
     use jumble, only: twopi
 
     use candidate_overlap_m, only: candidate_overlap
-    use config_graph_m, only: dist_lim, min_inters
+    use config_graph_m, only: dist_lim, min_inters_speed
     use derived_types, only: snapshot
     use read_grid_m, only: nlon, nlat, periodic
     use spher_polygon_area_m, only: spher_polygon_area
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ contains
 
               if (res_pol%nparts /= 0) then
                  ! polyline_1 and polyline_2 overlap
-                 if (spher_polygon_area(res_pol) >= min_inters &
+                 if (spher_polygon_area(res_pol) >= min_inters_speed &
                       * min(abs(spher_polyline_area(polyline_1)), &
                       abs(spher_polyline_area(polyline_2)))) then
                     write(unit_edge, fmt = *) &