geographic region - a demarcated area of the Earthterritory, soil - the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil" Andalucia, Andalusia - a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization Appalachia - an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) dependency, colony - a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country Bad Lands, Badlands - an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska Barbary - a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries Bithynia - an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC Nubia - an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser desert - an arid region with little or no vegetation semidesert - a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions narco-state - an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent; "this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day" property, place - any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House" river basin, basin - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin" Caucasia, Caucasus - a large region between the Black and Caspian seas; oil is its major resource Coats Land - a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea geographical zone, zone - any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude eastern United States, East - the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River Middle West, Midwest - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) Pacific Northwest - a region of the northwestern United States usually including Wshington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia Enderby Land - a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia dust bowl - a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s hot spot, hotspot - a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots" Maghreb, Mahgrib - the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia Big Bend - a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande panhandle - a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia" Queen Maud Land - a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country" |