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* 6 or 7 continents
* 6 or 7 continents
* 12 regions
* 12 regions
=== Physiographic regions ===
* a taxonomy of geological regions dividing them into
** Landmass
*** Region/Division
**** Province
***** Section
* see:
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_physiographic_regions_of_the_world List of physiographic regions of the world (wikipedia)]
** [https://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/physio.xml Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S. (USGS)]
** [http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Physiographic_regions_of_the_world Physiographic regions of the world (GIS.com)]


=== Geoscheme regions ===
=== Geoscheme regions ===
* classification of regions per continent
* classification of regions per continent
** the United Nations uses "geoscheme" system to define major world regions
** the United Nations uses "geoscheme" system to define major world regions
* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_physiographic_regions_of_the_world List of Physiographic Regions per continent (wiki)]]
* see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_physiographic_regions_of_the_world List of Physiographic Regions per continent (wikipedia)]
** below are listed the geoscheme regions per continent:
** below are listed the geoscheme regions per continent


=== Americas ===
=== Americas ===