The Emergence Machine

Lagoon

physical · Geography · Level 17 · E0

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Emergence definition

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body by a barrier such as a sandbar, reef, or peninsula, which is a natural formation that emerges from the interaction between the coast, water, and land, where the coast provides the boundary and the water provides the liquid substance.

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Wiktionary senses

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

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL17L16L15L14L2L1L0LagoonBaySandbarCoastOil Natural… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormKinetic EnergyActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBarrier IslandL18LagoonL17BayL16SandbarL16E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Bay L16 (requires)
    Shallow body of water separated from the sea -- requires understanding of bay
  • Sandbar L16 (requires)
    A shallow body of water separated from a larger body by a barrier such as a sandbar, reef, or peninsula.

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