The Emergence Machine

Flood

physical · Geography · Level 6 · E3

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Emergence definition

An overflow of water onto normally dry land, caused by excessive rainfall, snowmelt, or tidal surge, which is a direct consequence of the precipitation of water droplets falling from clouds.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “flood” 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
flood
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0HazeParticleServingFloodFoodLightAnimalPerceptionRain… intermediate l…FormLifeMassMovementActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFlood NatL7FloodplainL7FloodL6RainL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rain L5 (requires) Geography sense
    Overflow of water onto normally dry land -- requires understanding of rain

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