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Soundscape is the component of the acoustic environment that can be heard by humans. It is a combination of sounds that arise deeply from an environment. It refers to the natural sounds of the environment such as the weather and natural elements. It also includes sounds created by humans such as musical instruments, conversations, as well as industrial technology. Soundscapes encompasses a wide range of different noises. It is used in music when talking about electronic music and it is used by the National Park Service Sounds and Night Skies Division to refer to the noises made by nature. As long as the noise is created by the environment and is acoustic, it can be refered to as part of soundscape.