The Emergence Machine

Butte

physical · Geography · Level 6 · E0

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Emergence definition

An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top, formed by erosion of surrounding soft rock, smaller than a mesa, which emerges from the interaction of hill and erosion.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “butte” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
butte
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ButteErosionRockEarthGenreHillMineralEnvironmentFormLandProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesButteL6HillL3ErosionL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Hill L3 (requires)
    A butte is an isolated rocky hill with steep sides
  • Erosion L5 (requires)
    A butte is shaped by erosion over time