Environmental balance includes all the following except

The concept of environmental balance refers to the idea that all living and non-living components of an ecosystem are interrelated and interdependent, and that a disturbance to one component can have cascading effects throughout the system. The hydrological cycle, carbon cycle, and food chain/food web are all examples of natural processes that contribute to environmental balance by regulating the flow of water, carbon, and energy through the ecosystem. However, the earthquake cycle is not typically considered as part of environmental balance because it is a geological process that is not directly related to the interactions between living and non-living components of an ecosystem. Earthquakes may have indirect effects on the environment, such as causing landslides or tsunamis that can impact ecosystems, but they are not a natural process that contributes to the balance of the ecosystem itself.