The Emergence Machine

Mountain

physical · Earth Science · Level 5 · E0

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Emergence definition

A mountain is a large, natural elevation of the Earth's surface, formed through geological processes, landforms, and planetary systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
mountain
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0MountainGeologyRockHillMineralEnvironmentFormLandStructureMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAlpineL6AreteL6FoothillsL6PeakL6SummitL6MountainL5HillL3RockL4GeologyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Hill L3 (requires)
    Mountains are larger than hills
  • Rock L4 (requires)
    Remediation: enrich
  • Geology L5 (requires) mutual
    mountain is an earth science concept.

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