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
  • Mid-Atlantic States
  • New England
  • The South
  • West Coast
  • East Coast
• Central America
• The Caribbean, more specifically the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles.

South America

• Andean States
• Guyana Highlands

Europe

• Western Europe
  • British Isles
  • Benelux, or the Low Countries
• Eastern Europe
  • Baltic States
• Central Europe
  • Alpine States
  • Visegrad Group
• Southern Europe
  • Iberian Peninsula
  • Italian Peninsula
  • Balkan Peninsula
• Northern Europe
  • Nordic States
  • Scandinavia

Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• North 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, and Arabian Peninsula)
• Far East or East Asia
• the East Indies, or Maritime Southeast Asia
• South Asia or the Indian Subcontinent

Oceania

• Australasia or Australia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

Also see:

• continent
• subcontinent