terrestrial environment

The earth’s land area, including its human-made and natural surface and subsurface features, and its interfaces and interactions with the atmosphere and the oceans.

Related terms:

• aerospace environment
• high-energy environment
• solar-terrestrial phenomena
• terrestrial sediment
• terrestrial frozen water
• terrestrial radiation
• estuarine environment
• environment of sedimentation
• low-energy environment
• effective terrestrial radiation