Environment and Ecosystem
Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · Water Security
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Topics in Environment and Ecosystem
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.
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.
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.
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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