Concept: province in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6760
Preferred label province
Definition A geographic area of some considerable extent, smaller than a continent but larger than a region, which is unified by some or all of its characteristics and which can therefore be studied as a whole. A faunal province, for example, has a particular assemblage of animal species, which differs from assemblages in different contemporaneous environments elsewhere.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • διοικητική περιφέρεια [el]
  • περιοχή [el]
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