Term | Definition |
Natural Environment | encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. |
Atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet. |
Climate | the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. |
Natural Vegetation | the growth of plants in a certain area that has occurred without man's intervention. |
Culture | the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. |
Land-form | a natural feature of the earth's surface |
Infrastructure | basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise,[1] or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function |
Elevation | is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface |
Ecosystem | a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system. |
Weather | the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. |
Biomes | a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra. |
Glaciers | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |
Groundwater | water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock. |
Hydrosphere | all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds. |
Lithosphere | the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. |
Biosphere | the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms. |