Physiotope is the total abiotic matrix of habitat present within any certain ecotope . The physiotope is the landform, the rocks and the soils, the climate and the hydrology, and the geologic processes which marshalled all these resources together in a certain way and in this time and place. References Kratochwil, Anselm. Biodiversity in Ecosystems Principles and Case Studies of Different Complexity Levels. Series Tasks for Vegetation Science, XXXIV. Dordrecht, Germany Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. ISBN 0 7923 5717 5. See also Ecological land classification Category Ecosystems Category Ecological definitions Category Habitat ecology terminology ecoregion stub ... more details
Geotope is the geology geological component of the abiotic matrix present in an ecotope . Example geotopes might be an exposed outcrop of rocks, an glacial erratic erratic boulder , a grotto or ravine, a cave, an old stone wall marking a property boundary, and so forth. It is a loanword from German de Geotop Geotop in the study of ecology and might be the model for many other similar words coined by analogy. As the prototype, it has enjoyed wider currency than many of the other words modelled on it, including physiotope , with which it is used synonymously. But the geotope is properly the rocks and not the whole lay of the land which would be the physiotope . References Kratochwil, Anselm. Biodiversity in Ecosystems Principles and Case Studies of Different Complexity Levels. Series Tasks for Vegetation Science, XXXIV. Dordrecht, Germany Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. ISBN 0 7923 5717 5. Wiedenbein, F.W. Geotope protection for Europe in Geological Heritage 1993 . Erlangen, Germany University Erlangen Nuremberg, 1993 . Wiedenbein, F.W. Origin and use of the term geotope in German speaking countries in Geological and Landscape Conservation . Editors D. O Halloran, C. Green, M. Harley, & J. Knill. London Geological Society, 1994 p.117 120. See also Ecological land classification Category Ecology ecoregion stub de Geotop fr G otope no Geotop ... more details
Geographical features are the components of the Earth. There are two types of geographical features, namely natural geographical features and artificial geographical features. Natural geographical features include but are not limited to landforms and ecosystems. For example, terrain types, bodies of water, natural units consisting of all plants, animals and micro organisms in an area functioning together with all of the non living physical factors of the environment are natural geographical features. Meanwhile, human settlements, engineered constructs, etc. are types of artificial geographic features. Natural geographical features Ecosystems main Ecosystem Any unit that includes all of the organisms ie the community in a given area interacting with the physical environment so that a flow of energy leads to clearly defined trophic structure, biotic diversity, and material cycles i.e. exchange of materials between living and nonliving parts within the system is an ecosystem. ref Odum EP 1971 Fundamentals of ecology, third editionSaunders New York ref Living organism s are continually engaged in a set of relationships with every other element constituting the environment biophysical environment in which they exist, and ecosystem describes any situation where there is relationship between organisms and their environment. What makes them geographical features is that they are located center class wikitable align center style text align center Types and sizes of ecosystems colspan 3 Biotic colspan 3 Abiotic sub ecosystem ECOSYSTEM sub sub biogeography BIOGEOGRAPHY sub sub zoogeography ZOOGEOGRAPHY sub sub phytogeography PHYTOGEOGRAPHY sub sub physiography PHYSIOGRAPHY sub sub geology GEOLOGY sub sub pedology soil study PEDOLOGY sub ecozone biome floral kingdom ecoprovince floristic province floral province geoprovince ecoregion bioregion floristic province floral region physioregion georegion pedoregion ecodistrict ecosection ecosite ecotope biotope zootope phytotope phys ... more details
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