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Environment and Ecosystem

Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · Water Security

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1. Environment: Meaning and Importance

  • Environment is a balance of biotic, abiotic, geographical, and social factors that affect each other.
  • Biotic components include living things such as plants and animals.
  • Abiotic components include non-living things such as sunlight, air, water, and land.
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2. Types of Environment

  • Natural environment includes water, air, soil, forest, animals, biological elements, climate, and atmosphere.
  • Natural variation is seen in Maharashtra through Sahyadri, Deccan Plateau, Coastal Konkan region, and Vidarbha-Khandesh.
  • Man-made environment includes settlements, roads, airways, waterways, railways, industries, and other human-made elements.
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3. Ecosystem and Its Types

  • Ecosystem is the relationship between abiotic and biotic elements and their interaction.
  • Even a small watershed or lake can be an ecosystem.
  • Land ecosystem includes grasslands, forests, and deserts.
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4. Forest Ecosystem and Forest Types in Maharashtra

  • Forests regulate the water cycle and protect the land surface.
  • Forests meet human needs such as wood, medicinal plants, and honey.
  • Currently the forest ecosystem covers about 9.4% of the total surface area of the earth, i.e. about 30% of the total land.

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