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Also known as biophysical environment, environment of Earth, global environment

surrounding of an organism or population

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Instance of
industry
Subclass of
environment
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Said to be same as
milieu
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history of topic
environmental history
different from
lifestyle
Commons category
Environment
topic's main category
Category:Environments
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
partially coincident with
situation
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Land management has preserved the natural characteristics of Hopetoun Falls, Australia while allowing ample access for visitors. An image of the Sahara Desert from satellite. It is the world's largest hot desert and third-largest desert after the polar deserts.

The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to Earth or some parts of Earth. This environment encompasses the interaction of all living species, climate, weather and natural resources that affect human survival and economic activity. The concept of the natural environment can be distinguished as components:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “environment” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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