Home›Regions›Region Type›Physiographic or Climatic RegionBrowse ByPhysiographic or Climatic RegionRegion Type groups the atlas supra-national regions (transcontinental and transnational groupings such as The Sahel, Scandinavia and The Caribbean) by the kind of grouping that defines them: a shared culture or history, a shared physical or climatic character, a shared sea or coastline, a lasting historical-only designation, or a formal geopolitical bloc of states. The set replaced an earlier sub-national vocabulary (state or province and similar) that did not describe any of the 208 region entities, per an owner decision on 2026-09-25.FactsPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonClassification AuthorityWell-attestedUN M49 Standard Country or Area Codes 1Physiographic or Climatic RegionFilter Results61 entriesContinentAllAfrica (12)Antarctica (7)Asia (13)Australia (3)Europe (10)North America (12)South America (6)Population BandAll1300.000000 (1)75000.000000 (1)324300.000000 (1)570167.000000 (1)4000000.000000 (1)7830000.000000 (1)9000000.000000 (1)14000000.000000 (1)30000000.000000 (1)34500000.000000 (1)44399835.000000 (1)50000000.000000 (1)53000000.000000 (1)55000000.000000 (1)68985454.000000 (1)75000000.000000 (1)95000000.000000 (1)107713259.000000 (1)140683144.000000 (1)150400000.000000 (1)150925345.000000 (1)675800000.000000 (1)1137938708.000000 (1)1900000000.000000 (1)Area BandAll3476.000000 (1)9364.000000 (1)33998.800000 (1)122000.000000 (1)140900.000000 (1)154862.000000 (1)190000.000000 (1)200000.000000 (1)210000.000000 (1)327068.000000 (1)347000.000000 (1)400000.000000 (2)440000.000000 (1)450000.000000 (1)470000.000000 (1)537886.000000 (1)583254.000000 (1)700000.000000 (1)786791.000000 (1)1200000.000000 (1)1300000.000000 (1)1800000.000000 (1)1882757.000000 (1)1943843.000000 (1)1960681.000000 (1)2550451.000000 (1)2700000.000000 (1)3053200.000000 (1)3237500.000000 (1)3300000.000000 (1)4440000.000000 (1)4545792.000000 (1)5500000.000000 (1)7000000.000000 (1)14000000.000000 (1)23902664.300000 (1)54000000.000000 (1)Part OfAllAustria (1)Canada (2)Croatia (1)Ethiopia (1)United States (3)Shaped ByAllBasin Formation (1)Continental Collision (4)Continental Drift (1)Continental Rifting (3)Deposition and Sedimentation (4)Drainage Basin Formation (1)Faulting (1)Fluvial Erosion (1)Folding (1)Glaciation (5)Karstification (2)Orogeny (1)Plate Tectonics (2)Sea Level Change (2)Subduction (1)Volcanism (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 61Afrotropical realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionAmazoniaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionAnatoliaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionAustralasian realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionCanadian PrairiesPhysiographic or Climatic RegionCarinthiaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionCascadiaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionCoats LandPhysiographic or Climatic RegionDriftless AreaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionEllsworth LandPhysiographic or Climatic RegionFar North (Russia)Physiographic or Climatic RegionGraham LandPhysiographic or Climatic RegionHighveldPhysiographic or Climatic RegionHolarctic realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionIndomalayan realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionIstriaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionKarooPhysiographic or Climatic RegionKurdistanPhysiographic or Climatic RegionMidwestern United StatesPhysiographic or Climatic RegionNearctic realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionNeotropical realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionNile ValleyPhysiographic or Climatic RegionNorthern EuropePhysiographic or Climatic RegionOgadenPhysiographic or Climatic RegionPalearctic realmPhysiographic or Climatic RegionPannonian BasinPhysiographic or Climatic RegionPiedmont (United States)Physiographic or Climatic RegionPiney WoodsPhysiographic or Climatic RegionQueen Maud LandPhysiographic or Climatic RegionRoss DependencyPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSertaoPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSoutheast AsiaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSouthern EuropePhysiographic or Climatic RegionSub-Saharan AfricaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSudanian SavannaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSundalandPhysiographic or Climatic RegionTeraiPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe African Great Lakes RegionPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Alpine RegionPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe AndesPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe AntarcticPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Arabian PeninsulaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe BalkansPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe CaucasusPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe CopperbeltPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Eurasian SteppePhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Gran ChacoPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Great Lakes RegionPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Great PlainsPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Horn of AfricaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Iberian PeninsulaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Indian SubcontinentPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Indo-Gangetic PlainPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe OzarksPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe PampasPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Prairie ProvincesPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe SahelPhysiographic or Climatic RegionThe Sub-Antarctic IslandsPhysiographic or Climatic RegionWallaceaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionWheatbelt (Western Australia)Physiographic or Climatic RegionZomiaPhysiographic or Climatic RegionSources1. United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)tier 1United Nations Statistics DivisionOverview page, Regions category rowQuote, Overview page, Regions category rowThe United Nations Statistics Division's M49 standard, the geoscheme used to classify countries and areas into continental regions, subregions and intermediary regions for statistical reporting.View the SourceEncyclopaedia Britannicatier 1Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Contains: East Asia, East AsiaContains: South Asia, South AsiaContains: North Africa, North AfricaContains: Southern Africa, Southern AfricaContains: Central America, Central AmericaContains: Eastern Europe, Eastern EuropeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.