Subregion
Subregion
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A <b>subregion</b> is a conceptual unit which derives from a larger region or continent and is usually based on location.  Directional prefixes such as north or south are commonly used to define a subregion.<p>Here are a few examples of <b>subregions</b> sorted by continent:<h3 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; font-size: 122%;"><a href="Americas">America</a> (<a href="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>)</h3><ul> <li><b><a href="North America">North America</a></b> <ul> <li><i>by geography:</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Canadian Arctic">Canadian Arctic</a> <li> <a href="Great Basin">Great Basin</a> <li> <a href="Great Plains">Great Plains</a> <li> <a href="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> </ul> <li><i>by geology:</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Canadian Shield">Canadian Shield</a> <li> <a href="North American craton">North American craton</a> <li> Slave craton <li> Superior craton <li> Wyoming craton </ul> </ul> <li><b><a href="Central America">Central America</a></b> <ul> <li> Continental Central America <li> The <a href="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> <li> The <a href="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> <li> The <a href="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> </ul> <li><b><a href="South America">South America</a></b> <ul> <li><i>by geography:</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Altiplano">Altiplano</a> <li> <a href="Amazon Basin">Amazon Basin</a> <li> <a href="Andes">Andes</a> <li> <a href="Caribbean South America">Caribbean South America</a> <li> <a href="Gran Chaco">Gran Chaco</a> <li> <a href="Guiana">Guianas</a> <li> <a href="Pampa">Pampa</a> <li> <a href="Pantanal">Pantanal</a> <li> <a href="Patagonia">Patagonia</a> </ul> <li><i>by economics (<a href="South American Community of Nations">South American Community of Nations</a>):</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Andean Community">Andean Community</a> <li> <a href="Mercosur">Mercosur</a> </ul> </ul> </ul><h3 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; font-size: 122%;"><a href="Europe">Europe</a></h3><ul> <li> <i>by compass direction:</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Western Europe">Western Europe</a> <li> <a href="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a> <li> <a href="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a> <li> <a href="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a> <li> <a href="Central Europe">Central Europe</a> </ul> <li> <i>by peninsula:</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Balkans">Balkan Peninsula</a> <li> <a href="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a> <li> <a href="Italian peninsula">Italian peninsula</a> <li> <a href="Scandinavia">Scandinavian Peninsula</a> </ul> <li> <i>by other groupings:</i> <ul> <li> <a href="Baltic countries">Baltic States</a> <li> <a href="Benelux">Benelux</a> or the <a href="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> <li> <a href="British Isles">British Isles</a> <li> <a href="Nordic countries">Nordic States</a> <li> <a href="Visegrád group">Visegrad Group</a> </ul> </ul><h3 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; font-size: 122%;"><a href="Africa">Africa</a></h3><ul> <li> <a href="North Africa">North Africa</a> <ul> <li> <a href="Maghreb">Maghreb</a> </ul> <li> <a href="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a> <ul> <li> <a href="West Africa">West Africa</a> (<a href="Bulge of Africa">Bulge of Africa</a>) <li> <a href="East Africa">East Africa</a> (<a href="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>) <li> <a href="Central Africa">Central Africa</a> <li> <a href="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </ul> </ul><h3 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; font-size: 122%;"><a href="Asia">Asia</a></h3><ul> <li> <a href="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> <li> <a href="Southwest Asia">West Asia</a> (or <a href="Middle East">Middle East</a>) <ul> <li> <a href="Gulf states">Gulf states</a> <li> <a href="Middle East">Near East</a> <li> <a href="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> <li> <a href="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> <li> <a href="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> <li> <a href="Levant">Levant</a> </ul> <li> <a href="North Asia">North Asia</a> (see <a href="Siberia">Siberia</a>) <li> <a href="East Asia">East Asia</a> <li> <a href="South Asia">South Asia</a>, or the <a href="South Asia">Indian Subcontinent</a> <ul> <li> <a href="Bengal">Bengal</a> <li> <a href="Himalayan states">Himalayan states</a> </ul> <li> <a href="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> <ul> <li> <a href="Maritime Southeast Asia">Maritime</a> <li> <a href="Indochina">Mainland</a> <li> <a href="Indochina">Indochina</a> </ul> </ul><h3 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; font-size: 122%;"><a href="Oceania">Oceania</a></h3><ul> <li> <a href="Australasia">Australasia</a> or <a href="Australia">Australia</a> <li> <a href="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> <li> <a href="Micronesia">Micronesia</a> <li> <a href="Polynesia">Polynesia</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2><ul> <li> <a href="Continent">Continent</a> for definitions of large land masses such as <a href="Africa-Eurasia">Africa-Eurasia</a>. <li> <a href="Subcontinent">Subcontinent</a> <li> <a href="Supercontinent">Supercontinent</a> </ul>