Territorial entity

A territorial entity is an entity that covers a part of the surface of the Earth with specified borders.

Physiographic territorial entities

• Physiographic regions of the world

Humangeographic territorial entities

They can be grouped as follows:

• Continental union
• Country (in the sense of a sovereign state, e.g. United Nations member state, or states with limited recognition)
• Country subdivision (administrative divisions, constituencies, etc.)
• Cross-border region (e.g. euroregion, eurodistrict)
• Neutral zone, belonging to no country, or ownership is shared.

See also

• Enclave and exclave
• Legal entity
• Territorial dispute
• Territorial waters