On another scale, exchanges within a geo-system or trophic links within an ecosystem are also materialised in flows of energy and matter.

From the outset, the geosystem is closely linked to the notion of «landscape», both in Russian "landscape science" and in the approach implemented by Georges Bertrand.

In a given geosystem, it also enables the identification of nested sub-sets whose evolution conditions the overall dynamic: geofacies and geotopes.

In a given geosystem, it also enables the identification of nested sub-sets whose evolution conditions the overall dynamic: geofacies and geotopes.

Within this combination, the geosystem finds its place at the interface between the natural environment and societies, enabling the naturalistic and material dimensions of the environment to be envisaged in a social perspective.

Subsequently, with the emergence of the environment as a social issue, the geosystem has also been associated with the concept of territory in an endeavour to place approaches to the environment in a dimension that is at once social and territorial.

Subsequently, with the emergence of the environment as a social issue, the geosystem has also been associated with the concept of territory in an endeavour to place approaches to the environment in a dimension that is at once social and territorial.