The Emergence Machine

Valley

physical · Geography · Level 6 · E3

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Emergence definition

A landform carved by erosion processes that wear down rock material, shaping the Earth's surface over time, and requiring an understanding of geological processes and landforms.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
valley
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ValleyErosionGeologyRockEarthGenreMineralFormLandProcessScience ConceptActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGorgeL7Hanging ValleyL7Valley FormL7U ValleyL8RiftL13ValleyL6ErosionL5GeologyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Erosion L5 (requires)
    Valleys form through erosion processes that carve paths into landscape
  • Geology L5 (requires)
    to understand valley, one must first understand geology

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