The Emergence Machine

Flash Flood

physical · Meteorology · Level 2 · E3

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Emergence definition

A flash flood is a sudden and intense flood that occurs when rapid water accumulation and high velocity motion, driven by heavy rainfall or snowmelt, transforms the landscape over a short period of time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “flash flood”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
flash flood
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0WeatherTemperatureAirPhysicsFlash FloodForceSubstanceActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFlash FloodL2MotionL1WeatherL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    flash flood requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • Weather L5 (requires) mutual
    flash-flood is a weather or meteorological phenomenon.