Geographical Area

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Geographical Area. A named and formally defined area of the world defined in terms of its physical extent.

Note

A Geographical Area is both a Geographical Feature (some named physical location on Earth) and a Geophysical Location (having two-dimensional extent on the Earth's surface).


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