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    "domain": [
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    "name": "plain",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle plains by type, formation, land use, hazards and planetary analogues.",
    "definition": "A broad area of relatively flat land with little relief, formed by deposition, erosion or lava flows, such as floodplains, coastal plains and plateaus; on other planets similar features are named palus or planitia.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Agriculture, settlement, transport and grazing.",
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      "map and classify plains",
      "assess flood risk on floodplains",
      "manage farmland",
      "study planetary plains"
    ],
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      "Flat or gently sloping",
      "Large extent",
      "Often fertile",
      "Floodplains flood by nature"
    ],
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      "Low relief over large areas",
      "Types such as floodplain or coastal plain",
      "Planetary terms such as palus"
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        "quantity": "Surface area",
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        "note": "Measure the mapped extent using a stated boundary and geographic coordinate system."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Surface slope",
        "unit": "degrees",
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        "note": "Measure terrain inclination using surveyed elevations or an elevation model at a stated spatial resolution."
      },
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        "quantity": "Local relief",
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        "note": "Calculate the difference between highest and lowest elevations within a stated assessment area."
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      "coastal plains",
      "glacial outwash plains",
      "lava plains",
      "planetary plains"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "why": "category"
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        "relation": "is formed by",
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        "relation": "is contrasted with",
        "target": "hill and mountain",
        "why": "relief"
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        "relation": "is used for",
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      "Flood risk planning rules",
      "IAU planetary nomenclature"
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      "Flooding on floodplains",
      "Soil erosion from wind",
      "Building in flood zones"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Describe a floodplain as safe for building when official maps show flood risk.",
        "Present one formation process as certain where geologists disagree.",
        "Encourage drainage or clearance of protected wetland or grassland on a plain.",
        "Treat a plain as empty land, ignoring the people and species that live there."
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      "requires_human": [
        "Land use or development decisions on floodplains."
      ]
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        "Plains feed many people and hold grasslands and wetlands that are easily lost.",
        "Building on floodplains moves risk onto residents and downstream communities."
      ],
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        "People living and farming on the plain",
        "Grassland and wetland species",
        "Downstream communities"
      ]
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    "owners": {
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      "master_systems": [
        "Geological surveys",
        "Flood risk maps",
        "Land registries"
      ]
    }
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      "title": "Wikidata item Q160091: plain",
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Plain",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain",
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        "id": "type",
        "name": "Type",
        "description": "Which plain.",
        "rationale": "Formation defines type.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "kind",
            "name": "Kind",
            "description": "Floodplain, coastal.",
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              {
                "id": "kind-finding",
                "name": "Kind",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What kind of plain is it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How did it form?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "extent",
            "name": "Extent",
            "description": "Size.",
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              {
                "id": "extent-finding",
                "name": "Extent",
                "description": "Extent.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How large is it?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What is its elevation range?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "use",
        "name": "Use",
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        "rationale": "Plains are productive.",
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              {
                "id": "farming-finding",
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                "description": "Agriculture.",
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                  {
                    "text": "How is the plain farmed?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What soils does it have?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "settlement",
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            "description": "Towns and transport.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "settlement-finding",
                "name": "Settlement",
                "description": "Settlement.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which settlements and routes use it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How has use changed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "hazards",
        "name": "Hazards",
        "description": "Flood and wind.",
        "rationale": "Plains have hazards.",
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            "id": "flood",
            "name": "Flood",
            "description": "Floodplain risk.",
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                "id": "flood-finding",
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                "description": "Flood risk.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is this land in a flood zone?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which authority maps it?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "erosion",
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            "description": "Wind and soil.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "erosion-finding",
                "name": "Erosion",
                "description": "Soil erosion.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is wind erosion a risk?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How is it controlled?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "planetary",
        "name": "Planetary",
        "description": "Other worlds.",
        "rationale": "Plains exist elsewhere.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "names",
            "name": "Names",
            "description": "Palus, planitia.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "names-finding",
                "name": "Names",
                "description": "Planetary names.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a planetary plain meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which IAU name applies?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "formation",
            "name": "Formation",
            "description": "Lava and impacts.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "formation-finding",
                "name": "Formation",
                "description": "Planetary formation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How did the planetary plain form?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "From which mission data?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should plain types be separate entries?",
    "How should planetary plains be linked?",
    "How should flood zones be linked?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}