Subregion

A subregion is a certain area of a continent, usually based on where they are located on the continent, making it common for region names to be prefixed with "North," "South," or any direction.

Here are a few examples of subregions sorted into continents:

North America

• United States, along with Canada
  • Mid-Atlantic States
  • New England
  • The South
  • West Coast
  • East Coast
• Central America
• The Caribbean
  • the Greater Antilles
  • the Lesser Antilles

South America

• Andean States
• Guyana Highlands
• Eastern South America

Europe

• By compass directions:
  • Western Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Northern Europe
  • Southern Europe
  • Central Europe
• Peninsulas:
  • Balkan Peninsula
  • Iberian Peninsula
  • Italian Peninsula
  • Scandinavian Peninsula
• Other groupings:
  • Baltic States
  • Benelux, or the Low Countries
  • British Isles
  • Nordic States
  • Visegrad Group

Africa

• North Africa
  • Maghreb States
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • West Africa (Bulge of Africa)
  • East Africa (Horn of Africa)
  • Central Africa
  • Southern Africa

Asia

• Central Asia
• Middle East
  • Gulf States
  • Near East
  • Anatolia
  • Caucasus
  • Arabian Peninsula
• East Asia
• South Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent
  • Himalayan States
• Southeast Asia
  • Maritime
  • Mainland

Oceania

• Australasia or Australia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

See also

• continent
• subcontinent