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The type region is for areas that do not fit into other categories, especially those that are loosely defined or do not follow political... more

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x San Francisco Bay Area USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. (Click the image for a description of major features.) Location
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo bays in Northern California. It encompasses large cities such as...
Filming location
Region
Place with neighborhoods
Area served
x Silicon Valley Downtown San Jose Location
Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the...
Filming location
Dated location
Statistical region
x The Fens The position of The Fens in eastern England Location
The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a geographic area in eastern England, in the United Kingdom. The Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into two Government regions (East of England and the East Midlands), four modern...
x East Asia Geographic East Asia Location
East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically, it covers about 12,000,000 km², or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe. More than 1.5...
x Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula. Fictional Setting
The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab), Arabia, or Arabistan is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia. The area is an important part of the Middle...
Location
x Middle East GreaterMiddleEast2 Location
The Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The term "Middle East" was popularized around 1900 in the United Kingdom....
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Broadcast Genre
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x Transylvania Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Quotation Subject
Transylvania (Romanian: Ardeal or Transilvania; Hungarian: Erdély; German: Siebenbürgen (help·info), see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Basin, in present-day central Romania....
Location
Military Combatant
x Burgundy   Location
Burgundy (French: Bourgogne; German: Burgund) is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland. Burgundy was inhabited in turn by Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and in the 4th century assigned by Romans to the...
x Marlborough Location
Marlborough is one of the regions of New Zealand, located in the northeast of the South Island. Marlborough is a unitary authority, both a region and a district, and its council is located at Blenheim. Marlborough is known for its dry climate, the...
Administrative Division
Wine Region
Dated location
Statistical region
x Médoc Bottle of Château La Lagune, Haut-Médoc Location
The Médoc (Occitan: Medoc [meˈðuk]) is a region of France, well-known as a wine growing region, located in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. Its name comes from (Pagus) Medullicus, or "country of...
Wine Region
Wine Sub-region
x Bordeaux   Wine Region  
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x Burgundy   Wine Region  
Location
x Champagne   Wine Region  
Location
x Côtes du Rhône   Wine Region  
Location
x Languedoc-Roussillon   Wine Region  
Location
x Loire Valley   Wine Region  
Location
x Provence   Wine Region  
Location
x Corsica   Wine Region  
Location
x Cognac   Wine Region  
Location
x Beaujolais   Wine Region  
Location
x Champagne Location of the province of Champagne in France Location
The Champagne wine region (archaic English: Champany) is a historic province within the Champagne administrative province in the northeast of France. The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name....
Appellation
Wine Region
x Napa Valley fruity grapes in one of the vineyards of Napa Valley Location
Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County, California, USA. Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in California, and all of the United States, with a history dating back to the nineteenth century....
Appellation
Wine Sub-region
x South Park South Park outside of Garo background Location
South Park is a high intermontane grassland basin, approximately 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in elevation, in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado. It encompasses approximately 1,000 square miles (2789 km² or 640,000 acres) around the headwaters of the...
x Mainland China The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as "mainland China" Location
Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC), usually excluding the territories of Hong Kong...
x Americas World map showing the Americas Location
The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its...
Namesake
Name source
x Colorado Eastern Plains High Plains in Northeastern Colorado Location
The Eastern Plains of Colorado refers to region of the U.S. state of Colorado on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, and east of the population centers of the Front Range. The Eastern Plains are part of the High Plains, which are the westernmost...
x Southwestern United States US map-Southwest Location
The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit, such as the 37, or 38, or 39, or 40 degree north line. The Southwest is ethnically varied,...
Ultimate Region
x Southeastern United States Location
The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region of the United States, and organizations that need to subdivide the US are free to define a ...
x Western United States Location
The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West or simply The West—traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States (see geographical terminology section for further discussion of these...
x Southern United States Location
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States. Because of the region's unique cultural and historic...
Ultimate Region
x Midwestern United States Midwest as shown by U.S. Census Bureau official map from [3] Location
The Midwestern United States (also called the Midwest, the Middle West, and The Heartland) is one of the four geographic regions within the United States of America that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau. The region...
Fictional Setting
Art Subject
x Northeastern United States Regional definitions vary Location
The Northeast is a region of the United States. The Northeast region covers nine states which are: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The coastal corridors of Delaware and...
Ultimate Region
x West Coast of the United States Location
The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Seaboard" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington. Arizona and Nevada, while not coastal states, are often...
x Northern United States  
The Northern United States is a large geographic region of the United States of America. Most Americans refer to the region simply as "the North". It is currently divided by the United States Census as the Midwest and Northeast, both of which have...
x Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest from space  
The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land, not the ocean). There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory ...
x New England 1707年的新英格兰地图 Location
New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode...
Namesake
x Central United States Location
The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the...
Ultimate Region
x South Central United States US map-South Central Location
The South Central United States or South Central states is a region of the United States located in the south central part of the country. It evolved out of the archaic southwest, which originally was literally the western U.S. South. The states of...
x Mountain states Location
The Mountain States (also known as the Mountain West) form one of the nine geographic divisions of the United States that are officially recognized by the [United States Census Bureau]. The division consists of eight states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho...
x Northwestern United States Location
The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, to which Southeast Alaska is...
Ultimate Region
x Great Basin Basin New Location
The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. Its boundaries depend on how it is defined. Its most common definition is the contiguous watershed, roughly between the Wasatch Mountains, in Utah and the Sierra Nevada, that has...
x Upland South Upland-South-mapedited Location
The terms Upper South and Upland South refer to the northern part of the Southern United States, in contrast to the Lower South or Deep South. There is a slight difference in usage between the two terms. "Upland South" is usually defined based on...
x Deep South Location
The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic subregions in the American South. Historically, it is differentiated from the "Upper South" as being the states which were most dependent on plantation type agriculture during the...
x Gulf Coast of the United States States that border the Gulf of Mexico are shown in red Location
The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States. All Gulf States are located in the Southern...
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