hill · geographic
a portion of matter that changes form into a structure rising above the surrounding space
Examples
- Mauna Kea rises 10,210 meters from the Pacific seafloor, formed by volcanic activity over millennia. geology
- The chalk hills of the South Downs in southern England were shaped by glacial meltwater erosion during the last ice age. geography
- Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland, played a key role in the 1901 transatlantic radio transmission by Marconi. technology
Emergence
through: change alters a portion of matter’s form, shaping it into a structure that rises above adjacent space
- elevated elevation
- localized prominence
- gradual slope
Chain to foundations
as tree
- hillL10
- matterL1
- changeL1
- structureL2
- portionL3
- formL9
- aboveL5
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- riseL3 (shown above)
- surroundedL4
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | large.size | a hill is a large size feature |
| is-a | part.relation | a hill is a part of a landscape |