Global vegetation The biosphere is the part of the earth’s surface that includes the upper horizons of the soil, the atmosphere near the ground, and the surface waters where living organisms exist and biological cycles occur. 1 In the biosphere context, the areas of terrestrial vegetation with plant cover of similar properties are called vegetation
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