A group that shares a geographic region a common language and a sense of identity and culture

A region is an area of land that has common features. A region can be defined by natural or artificial features. Language, government, or religion can define a region, as can forests, wildlife, or climate.

Regions, large or small, are the basic units of geography. The Middle East is considered a political, environmental, and religious region that includes parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The region is in a hot, dry climate. Although the styles of government are varied (theocracy in Iran, monarchy in Saudi Arabia), almost all of them have strong ties to religion. The region is where three of the world's major religions were founded: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

The Amazon region in South America is the area surrounding the Amazon River, which runs through the northern part of the continent, including Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. This region is characterized by warm temperatures, heavy rainfall, a large diversity of plant and animal species, and little human impact on the environment.

Geographers also use regions to study prehistoric environments that no longer exist. Due to plate tectonics, or the movement of Earth's crust, geographic regions are constantly being created and destroyed over time. Paleogeography is the study of these ancient environments.

One paleogeographic region is Pangaea, the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras. The continents we know today split apart from the supercontinent of Pangaea.

Regions of the United States

There are many different ways to divide the United States into regions. The Library of Congress lists 16 different U.S. regions.

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A group of people with shared interests that interact. In case of open source software, the community is the group of developers and users that come together, mostly on a Web site, to discuss, debug, and develop the software. Learn more in: Open Source Software Evaluation

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Tightly bound groups of people with shared interests and values, common identity, and a sense of belonging. Current approaches treat communities as delineated by interaction and commitment (e.g. virtual communities) rather than by location (e.g. neighbourhoods). Learn more in: The NetLab Network

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A community is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, normally with shared interests. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. Learn more in: Community Education in New HIV Prevention Technologies Research

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Refers to social groups located in a geographically-bounded area or to people who share practices, values, and interests. Having a geographical connotation leads many scholars to assume that local communities are more authentic, have little connection to online life, and offer richer possibilities for interaction than online arrangements. However, it is problematic to assume prior to investigation that social configurations located in small geographical areas are automatically more morally satisfying or communicatively rich than relationships and social groups that predominantly meet online. Learn more in: Terminological Obfuscation in Online Research

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A term commonly used to describe a group or groups defined by a shared interest. The interest itself may be geographic in the sense of referring to people living within a specific geographic area, it may be interest based in terms of ethnicity, faith, demography, economic activity (as in “the business community”) or some other common characteristic. Learn more in: Subnational Governance and Development: A New Perspective

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Wenger, McDermott, and Snyder (2002) state that communities are “groups of people who share …a set of problems or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis” (p. 4). Learn more in: The Virtual Classroom @ Work

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As it relates to the teaching profession means a group of teachers, whether in the same or different schools or school districts, whether the same or different subject areas, or other characteristics, who form relationships that increase their comfort in working collaboratively to solve problems related to their work in the classroom. Learn more in: Online Mathematics Teacher Professional Development

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The term is derived from the word communité , which is derived from the Latin communitas ( cum , “with/together” + munus , “gift”), a broad term for fellowship or organized society. In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting species sharing an environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. In sociology, the concept of community has led to significant debate, and sociologists are yet to reach agreement on a definition of the term. Traditionally a “community” is defined as a group of interacting people, living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group organized around common values and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household. The word can also refer to the national community or global community. Since the advent of the Internet, the concept of community no longer has geographical limitations, as people can now virtually gather in an online community and share common interests as citizens regardless of physical location. Learn more in: Smart Cities and the Internet: From Mode 2 to Triple Helix Accounts of their Evolution

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Network of relationships within various social groups, including the college or university, through which consensus and tradition develop ( MacIntyre, 1981 ). Questions and conflicts between community tradition and an emerging new consensus may arise; these questions and conflicts are fertile ground for the practices of good character and critical thinking. Learn more in: Critical Thinking and Character

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This group of people are influential members of a cultural or social environment that may be geographic, emotional or impactful in some important manner of influence. Within this discussion, the community are a group of persons who impact a learner’s sense of self as well as sense of subject matter understanding. Learn more in: Instructional Real World Community Engagement

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A group of people that interact with one another, often but not always in a defined geographical area, and share a common lifestyle, purpose and/or faith. Robert D. Putnam and others identify communities as “bonded,” referring to groups of individuals having strong ties to one another. Communities can be intentional or accidental, physical or psychological. Academic communities exist as do communities of color, and communities of thought or action, any of which may overlap or have fluid boundaries. In this chapter the communities being served are geographic, based on ethnic and racial diversity, and purposefully engaged in the arts. Learn more in: The Role of Collaboration to Encourage Civic Engagement through the Arts: The Blurring of the Government and Nonprofit Sectors

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This term is used to describe digital working models ascribed to the sharing economy, which involves participation without ownership (for instance, carpooling) and contribution without necessarily expecting monetary compensation. In this sense, the term “community” now expresses the presence of other people in other places interested in similar practices rather than a social cluster of close-knit people. Learn more in: Design for the Future of Work: A Theoretical Framework for Coworking Space Design

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Each specific community or group in the field which is involved in the development and/or management of a specific standard or set of standards on the basis of an explicit collective need. As such needs are often felt in both private and public domains, a community can be a form of public-private partnership. Learn more in: BOMOS: Management and Development Model for Open Standards

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A social aggregation on the Internet when people interact long enough to form personal relationships. This work was previously published in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, edited by M. Khosrow-Pour, pp. 1305-1308, copyright 2005 by Information Science Reference, formerly known as Idea Group reference (an imprint of IGI Global) Learn more in: Governance Structures for IT in the Health Care Industry

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A dynamic entity that is in a constant process of growth and development, and a containment structure that is built in such a way as to support creative action, interaction, and inner work. Community comes together because the members can identify with each other. A living community is in an ongoing process of culture and value development. Core to the philosophy of community is the valuing of the human dimension, its connections and growth. Learn more in: The Self-Cultivation Model of Lifelong Learning: Toward Post-Egoic Development

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An amalgamation of people with related interests. Intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, goals, and a multitude of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the degree of adhesion within the group. Communities may meet to share information, to participate in shared projects, or to complete group tasks. What most characterizes a community is the pursuit of a common productive goal and sharing interaction in many ways. Learn more in: Collaborative Development within Open Source Communities

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Refers to social groups located in a geographically-bounded area or to people who share practices, values, and interests. Having a geographical connotation leads many scholars to assume that local communities are more authentic, have little connection to online life, and offer richer possibilities for interaction than online arrangements. However, it is problematic to assume prior to investigation that social configurations located in small geographical areas are automatically more morally satisfying or communicatively rich than relationships and social groups that predominantly meet online. Learn more in: Terminological Obfuscation in Online Research

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Community can be defined as a group of people that bring a sense of belonging and close-knit personal ties to one another. A community gives a sense of safety and familiarity, knowing that members are from a similar background and share social norms, customs, rituals, and values. Learn more in: Grassroots Organization and Justice Through Social Media

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