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Geographic Regions of the USRegions of the United States are Geographic AreasRegion is a geographical term that is used in various ways among the different branches of geography. In general, a region is a medium-scale area of Earth or water, smaller than the whole areas of interest (which could be, for example, the world, a nation, a river basin, mountain range, and so on), and larger than a specific site or location. A region can be seen as a collection of smaller units (as in "the New England states") or as one part of a larger whole (as in "the New England region of the United States"). Regions are areas and or the spaces used in the study of geography. A region can be defined by physical characteristics, human characteristics and functional characteristics. The regions of the United States are geographic areas which include multiple states. The regional groupings presented here and their definitions are from standard language used by libraries and reflect the groupings used in the classification system for maps.
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Almanac Online
e-ReferencerDesk's Almanac for the 50 States is a fun and informative site
for students of all ages. The Almanac brings you information about the people and
places that make US a great place to live, visit, or study.
Almanac: Facts and Figures
The origin of the almanac can be traced back to ancient Babylonian astronomy, when tables of planetary periods were
produced in order to predict lunar and planetary phenomena.
Modern almanacs include a comprehensive presentation of statistical and descriptive data. |
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