Question

Write short note

Types of region

Answer 1

1. On basis of characteristics, a region can be divided into physical or political regions. e.g. river basins are physical regions while districts are political regions. Both are formal regions.

2. Formal region: a. It is an area inhabited by people who have one or more characteristics in common. e.g.

1. common language, economic activities such as a particular crop production, or physical characteristics such as the climate of an area. 

1. Some formal regions have distinct boundaries which make them easy to identify as countries or states. e.g. Europe, Africa, USA and Canada or Assam and West Bengal, etc.

3. Functional region:

1. These are bound by a function. 
2. A functional region may not be heterogeneous in nature. It may involve more than one type of physical or political regions bound together by a function. e.g. Pune Metropolitan Region has various physical regions, political regions, various villages, talukas and cities in its area. All of these are bound by the economic activities.
3. A functional region is an area organized to function socially and economically as a single unit.