Subregion

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A subregion is a conceptual unit which derives from a larger region or continent and is usually based on location. Cardinal directions, such as south or southern, are commonly used to define a subregion.

Subregions by continent

Here are a few examples of subregions sorted alphabetically by UN continent designations:

• by UN subregion:
• * Northern Africa
• * Western Africa
• * Middle Africa
• * Eastern Africa
• * Southern Africa
• by geography:
• * North Africa
• ** Maghreb
• * Sub-Saharan Africa
• ** West Africa
• ** East Africa (Horn of Africa)
• ** Central Africa
• ** Southern Africa

• see also: Americas (terminology)

• by UN subregion:
• * Northern America - chiefly Canada, USA, Greenland
• * Central America - including Mexico
• * Caribbean
• by geography:
• * Canadian Arctic
• * Great Basin
• * Great Plains
• * Great Lakes
• * The Greater Antilles
• * The Lesser Antilles
• by geology:
• * Canadian Shield
• * North American craton
• * Slave craton
• * Superior craton
• * Wyoming craton

• by geography:
• * Altiplano
• * Amazon Basin
• * Andes
• * Caribbean South America
• * Gran Chaco
• * Guianas
• * Pampa
• * Pantanal
• * Patagonia
• by economics (South American Community of Nations):
• * Andean Community
• * Mercosur

• by UN subregion:
• * Western Asia
• * Central Asia
• * Southern Asia
• * Eastern Asia
• * Southeastern Asia

• by geography:
• * Central Asia
• * West Asia (or Middle East)
• ** Gulf States
• ** Near East
• ** Anatolia
• ** Caucasus
• ** Arabian Peninsula
• ** Levant
• ** Kurdistan
• * North Asia (see Siberia)
• * East Asia
• * South Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent
• ** Bengal
• ** Himalayan states
• ** Punjab region
• * Southeast Asia
• ** Maritime
• ** Mainland
• ** Indochina

• by UN subregion:
• * Western Europe
• * Northern Europe
• * Southern Europe
• * Eastern Europe
• by peninsula:
• * Balkan Peninsula
• * Iberian Peninsula
• * Italian Peninsula
• * Scandinavian Peninsula
• by other groupings:
• * Baltic States
• * Benelux or the Low Countries
• * British Isles
• * Central Europe
• * Nordic States
• * Visegrad Group

• Australasia or Australia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

See also

• continent for definitions of large land masses such as Africa-Eurasia.
• subcontinent
• supercontinent

External links

• [UN's grouping into continents and subregions]
• [UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names]
• [UN subregions as used by GeoHive]

 

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