The following is a non-exhaustive list of subregions, arranged alphabetically by region (i.e., by continent); in the UN geoscheme, higher-level, macro-geographical regions are arranged to the extent possible according to continents.
Sequence used in the list (not all criteria are applied to each continent): • by the UN Statistics Division's geoscheme • by geography • by physiography • by geopolitics • by human geography • by economics • by culture • by language • by religion • by biogeography • by historical division • by geology ===
Afro-Eurasia ===
Afro-Eurasia is a continental
landmass comprising the
continents of
Africa,
Asia, and
Europe. ====
Africa ==== • ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also:
UN geoscheme for Africa):'' •
Northern Africa •
Sub-Saharan Africa •
Eastern Africa •
Middle Africa •
Southern Africa •
Western Africa •
by geography: •
North Africa (Also known as
Saharan Africa) •
Maghreb (AKA
Northwest Africa, also including
Mauritania, which most geographers consider as a part of
West Africa; some geographers consider
Libya as a part of Northeast Africa and
Western Sahara as a part of
West Africa) •
Northeast Africa (including
Egypt, the
Horn of Africa, and
the Sudans; some geographers consider
Egypt,
Libya, and the
Sudan as Northeast Africa instead) •
Sub-Saharan Africa (AKA
Tropical Africa) •
Central Africa (AKA
Congo,
Equatorial Africa or
Middle Africa) •
East Africa (AKA
Nile) •
Northeast Africa (including
Egypt, the
Horn of Africa, and
the Sudans; some geographers consider
Egypt,
Libya, and the
Sudan as Northeast Africa instead) •
Horn of Africa •
Southeast Africa (also including
Botswana,
Eswatini and
Lesotho, which most geographers consider as part of
Southern Africa) •
Southern Africa (AKA
Kalahari) •
West Africa (AKA
Niger) •
Guinea (region) •
Sudan (region) •
by physiography: •
Congo Basin •
Kalahari Basin •
Kalahari Desert •
Namib •
Nile Basin •
Sahara •
Sahel •
Sudanian savanna •
East Sudanian savanna •
Sudd •
West Sudanian savanna •
by economics: •
African Monetary Union (AMU) •
Arab League (including some
West Asian countries) •
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) •
Common Monetary Area (CMA) •
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN-SAD) •
Council of Arab Economic Unity (GAFTA) – including some
West Asian countries •
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) •
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) •
EMEA (including
Europe and the
Middle East) •
Southern African Customs Union (SACU) •
Southern African Development Community (SADC) •
Union for the Mediterranean (including most
Southern European countries and some
West Asian countries) •
by biogeography: •
Macaronesia •
by historical division: •
Negroland •
by geology: •
Kaapvaal craton •
Zimbabwe Craton ====
Eurasia ====
Eurasia is a continental
mainland comprising the
continents of
Asia and
Europe. =====
Asia ===== • ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also:
UN geoscheme for Asia):'' •
Central Asia •
Eastern Asia •
Southeast Asia •
Southern Asia – the UN geoscheme includes
Afghanistan and
Iran in this subregion •
Western Asia – the UN geoscheme includes
Cyprus, the
South Caucasus (
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, and
Georgia), and
Turkey in this subregion •
by geography: •
Central Asia •
East Asia •
Greater China •
China •
Hong Kong (some geographers consider it as a part of
Northeast Asia) •
Macau (some geographers consider it as a part of
Northeast Asia) •
Mainland China (some geographers consider it as a part of
Northeast Asia) •
North China (Eastern
Inner Mongolia is also a part of
Northeast China) •
Northeast China (AKA
Manchuria) – also a part of
Northeast Asia •
Southeast China (excluding
Central China) •
East China (some geographers include
Taiwan Island,
Penghu,
Kinmen, the
Matsu Islands,
Socotra Rock,
Parangcho, and the
Senkaku Islands in this subregion) •
South Central China •
Central China •
South China (including
Hainan Island and the
South China Sea Islands, some geographers also include
Hong Kong and
Macau in this subregion) •
Western China •
Northwest China (some geographers consider
Qinghai and
Xinjiang as part of
Central Asia) •
Southwest China (some geographers consider
Tibet as a part of
Central Asia) •
South China Sea Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Northeast Asia) •
Paracel Islands •
Pratas Island •
Spratly Islands •
James Shoal (undersea feature) •
Taiping Island •
Zhongzhou Reef •
Zhongsha Islands •
Macclesfield Bank •
Walker Shoal •
Scarborough Shoal •
Taiwan (some geographers consider it as a part of
Northeast Asia) •
Mongolia (some geographers consider it as a part of
Central Asia or
Northeast Asia) •
Northeast Asia •
China • Eastern
Inner Mongolia •
Northeast China (AKA
Manchuria) •
Japan •
Daitō Islands •
Mainland Japan •
Hokkaido •
Honshu •
Kyushu •
Shikoku •
Nanpō Islands •
Ryukyu Islands •
Korea •
North Korea •
South Korea •
Russian Far East (also a part of
North Asia, but not a part of
East Asia) •
Outer Manchuria •
North Asia (AKA
Siberia) •
Russian Far East (also a part of
Northeast Asia) •
Outer Manchuria •
South Asia •
Eastern South Asia •
Northern South Asia •
Northwestern South Asia •
Northwestern Indian subcontinent •
Southern South Asia •
India •
Andaman and Nicobar Islands •
Lakshadweep •
Mainland India •
Central India •
East India •
Northeast India •
North India •
Northwest India •
South India (AKA
Peninsular India, including the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands and
Lakshadweep) •
Western India •
Southeast Asia •
Mainland Southeast Asia •
Malay Peninsula •
Peninsular Malaysia •
Southern Thailand •
Tanintharyi Region •
Maritime Southeast Asia •
Borneo (including
Labuan) •
Brunei •
East Malaysia •
Labuan •
Sabah •
Sarawak •
Kalimantan •
West Asia (AKA
Southwest Asia) •
Anatolia (AKA
Asia Minor) •
Arabia •
Eastern Arabia •
Hejaz (AKA
Western Arabia) •
Najd (AKA
Central Arabia) •
South Arabia •
Levant •
Southern Levant •
Mesopotamia •
South Caucasus (AKA
Transcaucasia) •
by physiography: •
Anatolian Peninsula •
Arabian Peninsula •
Central Plateau •
Indian Ocean Coast •
Persian Gulf Coast •
Red Sea Coast •
Bahrain Island •
Caucasus Mountains •
Greater Caucasus •
Lesser Caucasus •
Daitō Islands •
Eurasian Steppe •
Fertile Crescent •
Mesopotamia •
Hainan Island •
Himalayas •
Eastern Himalaya •
Western Himalaya •
Siachen Glacier •
Indian subcontinent •
Deccan Plateau •
Indochinese Peninsula •
Indo-Gangetic Plain •
Indus Valley •
Iranian Plateau •
Japanese Archipelago •
Hokkaido •
Honshu •
Kuril Islands •
Kyushu •
Ryukyu Islands •
Okinawa Island •
Sakhalin Island •
Shikoku •
Jeju Island •
Junggar Basin •
Kolyma •
Korean Peninsula •
Leizhou Peninsula •
Liaodong Peninsula •
Malay Archipelago (including
New Guinea) •
Indonesian Archipelago •
Maluku Islands •
Sunda Islands •
Greater Sunda Islands •
Borneo •
Java •
Sulawesi •
Sumatra •
Lesser Sunda Islands •
Alor Archipelago •
Bali •
Barat Daya Islands •
Flores •
Komodo •
Lombok •
Sumba •
Sumbawa •
Tanimbar Islands •
Timor •
Philippine Archipelago •
Luzon •
Mindanao •
Visayan Islands •
Mongolian Plateau •
Nanpō Islands •
Bonin Islands •
Volcano Islands •
Qinghai Lake •
Shandong Peninsula •
Sichuan Basin •
Sri Lanka Island •
Taiwan Island •
Tarim Basin •
by geopolitics: •
Asia-Pacific (APAC) – including
Oceania •
Far East/
Pacific Asia •
Greater China •
China proper •
Inner Mongolia •
Manchuria •
Tibet •
Xinjiang •
Indochinese Peninsula •
Japanese Archipelago •
Korean Peninsula •
Malay Archipelago •
Russian Far East •
Greater Middle East – including some
African countries •
Middle East and North Africa (AKA
MENA) – including
North African countries •
Middle East (AKA the
Near East) – including
Egypt •
Arab League (AKA the
Arab states) – including some
African countries •
Mashriq – including
Egypt and the
Sudan •
Arabian Peninsula •
Levant – including
Ash-Shām and
Cyprus •
Mesopotamia (modern-day
Iraq) •
Asia Minor •
South Caucasus (AKA
Transcaucasia) •
The 'stans •
Indian subcontinent •
Himalayan states – including
China •
Eastern Himalaya •
Western Himalaya •
Kashmir •
by economics: •
Arab League – including some
African countries •
ASEAN Free Trade Area •
Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) – including
Russia •
Asian Clearing Union (ACU) •
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – including
Oceania •
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) •
Bamboo network •
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal Initiative (BBIN) •
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) •
Council of Arab Economic Unity (GAFTA) – including some
African countries •
EMEA (including
Africa and
Europe) •
Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) – including
Belarus •
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – including
Belarus •
Greater Mekong Subregion •
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) •
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) •
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) •
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) •
Union for the Mediterranean (including most
Southern European countries and
North African countries) •
by culture: •
Eastern world •
East Asian cultural sphere •
Greater China •
Eastern and western China •
Northern and southern China •
China proper •
Manchuria •
Japan •
Korea •
Nanyang •
Vietnam •
Greater India • Eastern
Afghanistan •
Indian subcontinent •
Himalayan states •
Indian Himalayan Region •
Mainland Southeast Asia •
Maritime Southeast Asia •
Tibet •
Yunnan •
Greater Mongolia •
Inner Mongolia •
Mongolia (
Outer Mongolia) •
Muslim world (AKA the
Islamic world) •
Arab world •
Mashriq •
Arabia •
Al-Bahrain •
Al-Yamama •
Hadhramaut •
Tihamah •
Malay world •
Greater Indonesia •
Nusantara • Turkic world •
Azerbaijan •
Soviet Central Asia (excluding
Tajikistan) •
Turkey •
Xinjiang •
Dzungaria (northern half of Xinjiang) •
Southern Xinjiang •
Greater Iran •
Greater Khorasan •
by religion: •
Abrahamic religions (
West Asian religions or
Western religions) •
Eastern religions •
Dharmic religions (
Indian religions) •
Taoic religions (
East Asian religions or
Far Eastern religions) •
by biogeography: •
Eastern Asia •
Malesia •
by historical division: •
East Indies (AKA the
Indies) •
Farther India (AKA
Ultraindia) •
Indochina •
Insulindia •
by geology: •
Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc •
Kuril Island Arc •
Northeastern Japan Arc •
Ryukyu Island Arc •
Sakhalin Island Arc •
Southwestern Japan Arc =====
Europe ===== • ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also:
UN geoscheme for Europe):'' •
Eastern Europe – the UN geoscheme includes parts of
Central Europe (
Czechia,
Hungary,
Poland, and
Slovakia), parts of
South-eastern Europe (
Bulgaria and
Romania), and
Northern Asia (
Siberia) in this subregion •
Northern Europe – the UN geoscheme includes the
Baltic states, the
British Isles, and the
Channel Islands in this subregion •
Southern Europe – the UN geoscheme includes
Slovenia in this subregion •
Western Europe – the UN geoscheme includes parts of
Central Europe (the
DACH countries and
Liechtenstein) in this subregion •
by geography: •
Central and Eastern Europe •
Central Europe •
Eastern Europe •
Caucasus •
North Caucasus (aka
Ciscaucasia) •
South Caucasus (aka
Transcaucasia) – a subregion of
West Asia •
Northern Europe •
North-central Europe •
Scandinavia •
North-eastern Europe •
North-western Europe •
Southern Europe •
South-central Europe •
Apennine Peninsula (aka the
Italian Peninsula) •
Malta •
South-eastern Europe •
Balkan Peninsula (aka the
Balkans) •
Romania •
South-western Europe •
Balearic Islands •
Iberian Peninsula (aka
Iberia) •
Southern France •
Western Europe •
by physiography: •
Apennine Peninsula (aka the
Italian Peninsula) •
Balkan Peninsula •
British Isles •
Great Britain •
Hebrides •
Ireland •
Isle of Man •
Isle of Wight •
Caucasus Mountains •
Greater Caucasus •
Lesser Caucasus – A part of
West Asia •
Channel Islands •
Guernsey •
Jersey •
Eurasian Steppe •
Fennoscandian Peninsula •
Kola Peninsula •
Scandinavian Peninsula •
Great European Plain •
East European Plain •
Iberian Peninsula •
Mediterranean Basin •
by geopolitics: •
East-Central Europe •
Eastern Europe •
Post-Soviet states •
Baltic states •
Commonwealth of Independent States •
Union State •
North Caucasus •
Georgia •
Ukraine •
West-Central Europe •
Western Europe •
European Union (EU) •
NATO •
North Sea Commission (NSC) •
by economics: •
Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) •
Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) – including
Armenia and most
Central Asian countries •
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) – including
Canada •
EMEA (including
Africa and the
Middle East) •
Eurasian Customs Union (EACU) – including
Armenia and
Kyrgyzstan •
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – including
Armenia and
Kyrgyzstan •
European Economic Area (EEA) – including
Cyprus •
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) •
European Single Market (including
Cyprus) •
European Union Customs Union (EUCU) – including
Cyprus and
Turkey •
European Union–Turkey Customs Union (including
Cyprus and
Turkey) •
Eurozone (including
Cyprus) •
North Sea Region (NSR) •
Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) – including some
West Asian countries and most
North African countries •
Union State •
by culture: •
Balkans •
Eastern Balkans •
Western Balkans •
Baltic states •
Benelux •
Belgium •
Netherlands •
Luxembourg •
Mediterranean Region •
Nordic countries and
Karelia •
North Sea Region •
Lapland, since 1809 divided into
Finnish Lapland and
Swedish Lapland •
Scandinavia •
Visegrád Group •
by language: •
Celtic-speaking Europe •
Germanic-speaking Europe •
DACH countries •
Germany (
Deutschland) •
Austria •
Switzerland (
Confoederatio Helvetica) •
Romance-speaking Europe (aka
Latin Europe) •
Slavic-speaking Europe •
by religion: •
Eastern religions •
Indian religions •
Buddhism in Europe (
Kalmykia) •
Western religions (
Abrahamic religions or
West Asian religions) •
Christianity in Europe •
Catholicism in Europe •
Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe •
Protestantism in Europe •
Islam in Europe •
by biogeography: •
Mediterranean Region •
by historical division: •
Celtic tribes •
East–West Schism •
Catholic Church •
Eastern Orthodox Church •
Germanic tribes •
Greco-Roman world •
Hellenistic world •
Roman Empire •
Eastern Roman Empire •
Western Roman Empire •
Iranian tribes •
Iron Curtain •
Eastern Bloc •
Western Bloc •
Reformation (
Protestantism) •
Slavic tribes •
Turkic tribes •
by geology: •
Alpine orogeny •
East European craton •
Baltic Shield •
Ukrainian Shield ===
Americas === The
Americas is a continental
landmass comprising the
continents of
North America and
South America. • ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also:
UN geoscheme for the Americas):'' •
Latin America and the Caribbean •
Caribbean – the UN includes the
Lucayan Archipelago in this subregion •
Central America – the UN geoscheme includes
Mexico in this subregion •
Middle America •
South America •
Northern America •
by culture: •
Anglo-America •
Latin America •
French America •
Ibero-America •
Hispanic America •
Portuguese America •
by economics: •
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) ====
North America ==== •
by geography: •
Middle America •
Caribbean (Insular America) •
Aves Island •
West Indies •
Antilles •
Greater Antilles •
Hispaniola •
Lesser Antilles •
Leeward Islands •
Saint Martin island •
SSS islands •
Virgin Islands •
British Virgin Islands •
Spanish Virgin Islands •
United States Virgin Islands •
Leeward Antilles •
ABC islands •
Windward Islands •
Lucayan Archipelago •
Central America •
San Andrés and Providencia •
Bajo Nuevo Bank •
Serranilla Bank •
Mexico •
Northern America •
Bermuda •
Canada •
Eastern Canada •
Atlantic Canada •
The Maritimes •
Central Canada •
Northern Canada •
Canadian Arctic Archipelago •
Western Canada •
Canadian Prairies •
West Coast •
Greenland •
Saint Pierre and Miquelon •
United States (excluding
Hawaii) •
Alaska •
Contiguous United States •
Central United States •
Middle America (United States) •
Midwestern United States •
Eastern United States •
Northeastern United States •
Southeastern United States •
Northern United States •
Great Lakes region (including
Ontario,
Canada) •
Southern United States •
South Central United States •
Western United States (including
Alaska and
Hawaii) •
Northwestern United States •
Southwestern United States (some geographers include the
Oklahoma Panhandle and
West Texas in this subregion) •
by physiography: •
Atlantic coastal plain •
Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line •
East Coast of the United States •
Great Basin •
Great Basin Desert •
Great Lakes •
Great Lakes Basin •
Great Plains •
Gulf Coast of the United States •
Piedmont •
West Coast of the United States •
by geopolitics: •
Dutch Caribbean •
Caribbean Netherlands (AKA the
BES islands) •
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States •
Red states and blue states •
Western Caribbean zone •
by economics: •
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) •
Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) •
Great Lakes Megalopolis •
Mesoamerican region •
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) •
Northeast megalopolis •
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States •
Petrocaribe •
by culture: •
Heartland (United States) •
Mesoamerica •
Oasisamerica •
by biogeography: •
Aridoamerica •
by geology: •
Canadian Shield •
North American craton •
Slave craton •
Superior craton •
Wyoming craton ====
South America ==== •
by geography: • Eastern South America:
Federative Republic of Brazil • Northern South America – the part of South America located in the
Northern Hemisphere • North-eastern South America:
The Guianas • North-western South America:
Caribbean South America • Southern South America:
Southern Cone • Western South America:
Andean States •
by physiography: •
Altiplano •
Amazon basin •
Amazon rainforest •
Andes •
Brazilian Highlands •
Gran Chaco •
Pampa •
Pantanal •
Patagonia •
by economics: •
Andean Community •
Mercosur •
Union of South American Nations •
by geology: •
Guiana Shield ===
Antarctica === • ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme:'' •
Antarctica •
by geography: •
Antarctic and Subantarctic islands •
Bouvet Island (some geographers consider it as a part of
South America) •
French Southern Territories (excluding
Adélie Land and the
Scattered Islands) •
Crozet Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Africa) •
Kerguelen Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Africa) •
Saint Paul and
Amsterdam Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Africa) •
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Oceania) •
Macquarie Island (some geographers consider it as a part of
Oceania) •
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Oceania) •
Antipodes Islands •
Auckland Islands •
Bounty Islands •
Campbell Islands •
Snares Islands •
Peter I Island •
Prince Edward Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
Africa) •
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (some geographers consider them as part of
South America) •
South Orkney Islands •
South Shetland Islands •
Mainland Antarctica •
East Antarctica •
Transantarctic Mountains •
West Antarctica •
Antarctic Peninsula ===
Oceania === • ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also:
UN geoscheme for Oceania):'' •
Australia and New Zealand – the UN geoscheme includes the
Cato,
Elizabeth, and
Middleton reefs, the
Lord Howe Island Group, and
Norfolk Island in this subregion •
Melanesia – the UN geoscheme includes
New Caledonia and
New Guinea in this subregion •
Micronesia •
Polynesia – the UN excludes
New Zealand from this subregion •
by geography: •
Australasia •
Australia–New Guinea •
Australia (excluding the
Australian Indian Ocean Territories,
Heard Island and McDonald Islands and
Norfolk Island) •
Ashmore and Cartier Islands •
Coral Sea Islands Territory (excluding the
Cato,
Elizabeth, and
Middleton reefs) •
Mainland Australia •
Australian Capital Territory •
Jervis Bay Territory •
New South Wales (excluding the
Lord Howe Island Group) •
Northern Territory •
Queensland •
South Australia •
Victoria •
Western Australia •
Tasmania (excluding
Macquarie Island) •
New Guinea (some geographers consider it as a part of
Melanesia) •
Papua New Guinea (excluding the
New Guinea Islands Region) •
Western New Guinea •
Papua •
West Papua •
Australian Indian Ocean Territories •
Christmas Island •
Cocos (Keeling) Islands •
Heard Island and McDonald Islands •
Heard Island •
McDonald Islands •
Macquarie Island •
Zealandia •
Cato Reef •
Elizabeth Reef •
Lord Howe Island Group •
Middleton Reef •
New Caledonia (also a part of
Melanesia) •
New Zealand (some geographers consider it as a part of
Polynesia) •
New Zealand outlying islands (excluding the
Kermadec Islands) •
Chatham Islands •
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands •
Antipodes Islands •
Auckland Islands •
Bounty Islands •
Campbell Islands •
Snares Islands •
Solander Islands •
Three Kings Islands •
Norfolk Island •
Pacific Islands •
Melanesia (some geographers consider it as a part of
Australasia) •
Island Melanesia •
Fiji (excluding
Rotuma) •
New Caledonia (also a part of
Zealandia) •
New Guinea Islands Region (excluding
Bougainville) •
Santa Cruz Islands •
Solomon Islands (archipelago) •
Bougainville •
Solomon Islands (excluding the
Santa Cruz Islands) •
Vanuatu •
New Guinea (also a part of
Australia–New Guinea) •
Micronesia (some geographers include the
Bonin Islands and the
Volcano Islands in this subregion) •
Mariana Islands •
Guam •
Northern Mariana Islands •
Wake Island •
Polynesia (some geographers include
Clipperton Island in this subregion) •
Cook Islands •
Easter Island •
Salas and Gómez Island •
French Polynesia •
Tahiti •
Hawaiian Islands •
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands •
Midway Atoll •
Southeastern Hawaiian Islands •
Howland and Baker Islands •
Baker Island •
Howland Island •
Kermadec Islands •
Niue •
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands •
Rotuma •
Samoan Islands •
American Samoa (excluding
Swains Island) •
Samoa •
Tokelau Islands •
Swains Island •
Tokelau •
Tonga •
Tuvalu •
Wallis and Futuna •
Alo •
Sigave •
Uvea •
by human geography: •
Near Oceania •
Remote Oceania •
by economics: •
Pacific Community •
Pacific Islands Forum •
Pacific Regional Environment Programme •
by biogeography: •
Papuasia •
East Melanesian Islands •
by geology (see also: Geology of Australia): •
Archaean •
Australian Shield •
Centralian Superbasin •
Gawler craton •
Narryer gneiss •
Ore genesis •
Perth Basin •
Pilbara Craton •
Western Plateau •
Yilgarn craton == See also ==