Editing Region (section)

==Globalization==
{{See also|Category:Global regions}}[[File:Physical World Map.svg|frameless|upright=1.8|right|Map of the [[world]] as of 2021]]
Global regions are distinguishable from space, and are therefore clearly distinguished by the two basic terrestrial environments, land and [[water]]. However, they have been generally recognized as such much earlier by terrestrial [[cartography]] because of their impact on human geography. They are divided into the largest of land regions, known as [[continent]]s and the largest of water regions known as [[ocean]]s. There are also significant regions that do not belong to either classification, such as [[archipelago]] regions that are [[littoral]] regions, or [[earthquake]] regions that are defined in [[geology]].

===Continental regions===
Continental regions are usually based on broad experiences in human history and attempt to reduce very large areas to more manageable [[regionalization]] for the purpose of the study. As such they are conceptual constructs, usually lacking distinct boundaries. The oceanic division into maritime regions is used in conjunction with the relationship to the central area of the continent, using directions of the [[compass]].

Some continental regions are defined by the major continental feature of their identity, such as the [[Amazon basin]], or the [[Sahara]], which both occupy a significant percentage of their respective continental land area.

To a large extent, major continental regions are mental constructs created by considering an efficient way to define large areas of the continents. For the most part, the images of the world are derived as much from academic studies, from all types of media, or from personal experience of global [[exploration]]. They are a matter of collective human knowledge of their own planet and are attempts to better understand their environments.

===Regional geography===
[[Regional geography]] is a branch of geography that studies regions of all sizes across the [[Earth]]. It has a prevailing descriptive character. The main aim is to understand or define the uniqueness or character of a particular region, which consists of natural as well as human elements. Attention is paid also to regionalization, which covers the proper techniques of space [[delimitation]] into regions.

Regional geography is also considered as a certain approach to study in geographical sciences (similar to [[quantitative revolution|quantitative]] or [[critical geography|critical geographies]]; for more information, see [[history of geography]]).