| A region is a geographical term used with a wide range of meanings, which generally means an area or specific area of land larger than the sub-regions or constituent subdivisions, whether as a continent Europe, Asia, America, Africa And a part of the continent (Central Europe or South America), A country or group of countries, a Basin Like Orinoco Basin or Danube, A ridge or hill, etc., And greater than a specific site. Thus, a region can be seen as a continuum of smaller units (for example, "countries Latin America") or section of a larger whole (as the Earth's Polar Regions). Thus, the concept of region is inextricably linked to that of scale, so we consider the existence of regions of very different size, from supranational regions (e.g. Community European Andean Region, etc.) to small counties or a small mountain valley.
The regions are defined abstractly defining one or more areas of common characteristics, whether physical, human and functional. As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of geography, each of which can describe areas in regional terms. For example, the term coercion is a term used in biogeography, cultural region in cultural geography, among other examples. The study of the region itself is the subject of regional geography. |
