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Regio VIII Aemilia
Regio (pl. ''regiones'') is the Latin word for ‘region’ and the Italian word for ‘royal’ It may refer to: *Regiopolis, a concept for urban centers in between metropolitan areas. Ancient toponymy * Regiones of Augustan Italy, the departments in which Roman Emperor Augustus divided Italy. *14 regions of the Augustan Rome, in ancient Rome as a name for quartiers of the city of Rome *14 regions of Medieval Rome, resulting from the redivision of the Rome after the revolution of 1143 *Regio, in ancient Constantinople as a name for the 14 quarters of the city of Constantinople, defined in analogy with those of Rome * Regio Aromatica, name for the Horn of Africa *''Regiones'', administrative subdivisions of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England Astronomy * Regio (astronomy), which, in planetary geology, is a large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated in colour or albedo **A regio of Venus: *** Alpha Regio ***Asteria Regio *** Beta Regio ***Ovda Regio **A regio of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law. Apart from the global continental regions, there are also hydrospheric and atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land and water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and features. As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
