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environmental factors  

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  • Conditions in the environment that influence life and/or soils. Examples include radiation and light, temperature, moisture, wind, fire, gravity, salinity, currents, plants, animals, micro-organisms, topography, soil, substrate and human activity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; environmental factors]

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