# water (liquid)

a fluid matter that persists through time and can flow

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [current](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-current.fluid), [flow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flow.movement), [fluid](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fluid.liquid), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** the substance maintains continuity through time while enabling collective motion through space via internal flow

**Novel properties:**
- temporal coherence of substance
- collective part motion
- spatial redistribution under cohesion

## Examples
- The Amazon River carries 20% of global river discharge into the Atlantic Ocean, flowing year-round for millennia. *(geography)*
- Liquid water persisted in Gale Crater on Mars over 3 billion years ago, as confirmed by NASA's Curiosity rover sediment analysis. *(planetary science)*
- The continuous flow in the Rhine River supports barge traffic from Switzerland to the Netherlands, measured at 2,300 m³/s average discharge. *(hydrology)*

## Used by
- [bay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bay.geographic) (L15)
- [beach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-beach.geographic) (L15)
- [channel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-channel.waterway) (L15)
- [island](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-island.geographic) (L15)
- [lake](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lake.geographic) (L16)
- [port](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-port.harbor) (L15)
- [river](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-river.watercourse) (L15)
- [weather](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-weather.atmospheric) (L15)

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