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What is a Region?

A region is an area of the earth's surface with similar characteristics.

Perceptual Regions

A Perceptual Region is a region in which people perceive, or see, the characteristics of a region in the same way. However, the set of characteristics may not be perceived precisely the same way for all people!

Regions usually have more than one characteristic that unifies them. These may include physical, political, economic, or cultural characteristics.

Geographers categorize regions in three different ways:

FORMAL

FUNCTIONAL

PERCEPTUAL (vernacular)

Remember this!

Why the American Midwest? Some people believe the mid-west begins in Ohio while others believe it begins in Illinois.

Perceptual regions are based on human feelings and attitudes about areas and are defined by people’s shared subjective images or "PERCEPTIONS."

For Example:

  • Southern California
  • Dixie
  • the American Midwest

Formal Regions

Characterized by a common human property, such as the presence of people who share a language, religion, nationality, political identity, or culture; or it is characterized by a common physical property, such as the presence of a type of climate, land form, or vegetation.

REMEMBER THIS!

Examples:

  • The Corn Belt
  • The Rocky Mountain Region
  • Latin America

Formal regions are based on MEASURABLE DATA.

Therefore formal regions can be proven to exist!

Functional Regions

A region that is made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit.

Remember this!

For Example:

  • Chicago, with its highways, railways, Great Lakes shipping, airlines, and telecommunications, is a focal point in the north-central region of the United States.

Usually a functional region is characterized by a hub, or a central place, and links to that central place.

Types of Regions

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