CONCEPT AND TYPES OF REGION

DR. MOSFUDAR RAHAMAN

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

MALDA COLLEGE ,MALDA

DEFINITION OF REGION

1.The Region is an area of the earth Surface. _ Taylor

2. A region is an unit area of the earth surface differentiated by its specific characteristics. _ F. J. Monkhouse

3.The Region is a geographic Area or areas which given civilisation, standard of a people seems to require for the fulfillment of the aspiration through material resource. - C Aronovic

4. Regions are genuine entities, each of Which express both natural and cultural differentiation from its neighbours. - G. T. Ranner

5.“A region is an area of specific location which in some way very distinctive from other areas and which extends as far as the distinction extends.” _ Richard Hartshorne

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Attributes of Region:

• Regions have location
• Regions have spatial extent
• Regions may be either formal or functional:
• Regions have boundaries

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• Regions are hierarchically arranged:
• Regions have transitional boundaries
• Homogeneity

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Types of Region

Formal Region

Types of Region

Based on Physical characteristics:

1. Landform region
2. Climatic region
3. Ecosystem region
4. Soil region
5. Vegetation region
6. Airmass region

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Based on culture

• Population region
• Language region
• Religious region
• Political region
• Economic region
• Industrial region
• Resource region
• Agricultural region

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Based on hierarchy of region

• Micro region
• meso region
• Macro region

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