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Last Update: 2019-11-07

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	+	International Regions Scope Note: Use for region comprised of the countries Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Romanian, Hungary, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovia, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Luxembourg. Use more specific term if available. + Africa South Africa + Asia & Pacific Islands China India Japan Taiwan Thailand Central America & Caribbean + Europe Central & Eastern Europe Scope Note: Use for region comprised of Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Greece, Poland, Romania, Cyprus. For other European countries use either Western Europe or Russia & Eurasia Western Europe Scope Note: Use for region comprised of Portugal, Spain, France, Andorra, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Leichtenstein, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, San Marino, Malta, Monaco, Austria. Middle East and North Africa + North America Canada Mexico Polar Regions Russia & Eurasia Scope Note: Use for region comprised of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Use more specific term if available. South America
	+	United States + Multi-State Regions Scope Note: Use for named geographic regions of the United States. Great Plains Definition: Refers to the continental slope of central North America in Canada and the United States, a vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and from present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada through the present-day state of Texas in the United States. The area is drained principally by rivers that rise in the Rocky Mountains, namely the Missouri and Mississippi rivers; the valleys of this watershed are the most reliable sites from which to obtain fresh water, wood, and most plant foods.[Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names] Scope Note: Use for content related to the Great Plains or the associated region as a whole. For content about a specific state see United States >> States. Mid-Atlantic Scope Note: Use for the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States, including the watersheds of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, Albemarle-Pamlico Sound, and the Delmarva Coastal Bays. The Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment (MAIA) is a research, monitoring, and assessment initiative. Midwest Northeast Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountains South Central Southeast Southwest + States Scope Note: Select appropriate sub-topic. For content discussing the United States as a whole Use United States. Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia + Territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands + Water Bodies Chesapeake Bay Great Lakes Gulf of America Lake Champlain Basin Scope Note: Use for Lake Champlain (Vermont and New York) and its surrounding watershed. Long Island Sound Puget Sound Scope Note: Use for Puget Sound and Georgia Basin.

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