territories
Areas under control
Territories is the plural of territory—areas of land under particular jurisdiction or control.
Countries have territories; animals defend territories against intruders.
In sports, a team's territory is the part of the field they're defending.
Sales representatives have territories they cover.
The company divided the region into territories for its salespeople.
In politics, territories are regions that belong to a country but aren't full states or provinces: the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and Guam.
Administrative regions within nations
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- OntarioCanada's most populous province
- QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
British Columbia · Manitoba · Saskatchewan · Yukon · Nunavut · Confederation
Legal authority's scope
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- dominionAuthority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
control · rule · governance · province · district · sector · zone · realm
Spatial representation of terrain
- atlasBound collection of charts
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- geographyStudy of places
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
projection · contour · legend · grid · scale · GIS · boundaries · delineation
Outer edge or limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- borderlandTerritory at a boundary
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
limit · edge · margin · fringe · threshold · enclave · buffer zone · no-man's-land
Indefinite bounded area
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- biomeMajor ecological community
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
habitat · ecosystem · flora · fauna · continent · plateau · island · peninsula
Not yet documented
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- frontierEdge of settlement
- discoveryAct of finding something
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
explorer · trailblazer · colonial · settlement · conquest · mapping · surveying · outpost
provinces
Administrative regions within nations
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- OntarioCanada's most populous province
- QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province
Alberta · British Columbia · Manitoba · Saskatchewan · Yukon · Nunavut · Confederation
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- dominionAuthority to rule
sovereignty · control · rule · governance · province · district · sector · zone · realm · domain
map
Spatial representation of terrain
- atlasBound collection of charts
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- geographyStudy of places
topography · projection · contour · legend · grid · scale · GIS · boundaries · delineation · surveying
border
Outer edge or limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- borderlandTerritory at a boundary
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
demarcation · limit · edge · margin · fringe · threshold · enclave · buffer zone · no-man's-land · disputed
region
Indefinite bounded area
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- biomeMajor ecological community
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
arctic · habitat · ecosystem · flora · fauna · continent · plateau · island · peninsula · isthmus
uncharted
Not yet documented
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- frontierEdge of settlement
- discoveryAct of finding something
pioneer · explorer · trailblazer · colonial · settlement · conquest · mapping · surveying · outpost · wilderness
range
Extent of variation
patrol · defend · dominance · nesting · breeding grounds · migration · home range · foraging · predator · pack
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- American frontierfrontier, westward expansion, pioneers, homesteading, homesteads
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- regional featurestopography, coastlines, valleys, plateaus, wetlands
- Canadian HistoryConfederation, Rupert's Land, colonial era, colonial government, self-government
- human geographycultural landscape, demographics, migration, demography, urbanization
territoriesno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
wilderness · international waters · open range · wastelands · frontier
territoriessovereign states
Autonomous governing territories
nations · states · homelands · motherlands · metropoles
- British territoriesLands under UK sovereignty
- occupied territoriesRegions under foreign control
- uncharted territoriesRegions not yet surveyed
- territorial disputeConflict over land boundaries
- disputed territoriesLands with rival sovereignty claims
- U.S. territoriesAmerican land without statehood
territorial, territoriality, territorially, extraterritorial, territorialism