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Sigma KEE - Ecosystem
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Ecosystem
Ecosystem is a subclass of GeographicAreas considered together with their organisms and environment as a functioning whole.
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Parents GeographicArea A geographic location, generally having definite boundaries. Note that this differs from its immediate superclass Region in that a GeographicArea is a three-dimensional Region of the earth. Accordingly, all astronomical objects other than earth and all one-dimensional and two-dimensional Regions are not classed under GeographicArea.
Children BiomeBiome is the class of GeographicAreas representing major kinds of ecological communities, that is, areas in which certain kinds of plants, animals, weather, and terrain interact to produce and support a distinctive ecosystem.


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