The Emergence Machine

Lake

physical · Earth Science · Level 4 · E0

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A lake is a freshwater body formed by water accumulation in topographic depressions, which requires the presence of water in a landform, a spatial extent of solid ground composed of matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
lake
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0GeologyLakeRockMineralWaterFormLandStructureSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBank RiverL5Lake FormL5PondL5WaterwayL5PlayaL9LakeL4LandL2WaterL3GeologyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    This is a land feature
  • Water L3 (requires) Chemistry sense
    A lake is a freshwater body formed by water accumulation in topographic depressions
  • Geology L5 (requires) mutual
    lake is an earth science concept.

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