Territorial entity
A territorial entity is an entity that covers a part of the Earth's surface with specified borders.
Physiographic territorial entities
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
- Territorial waters
- Territorial dispute
- Legal entity