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Sigma KEE - LandArea
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土地面積
An area which is predominantly solid ground, e.g. a Nation, a mountain, a desert, etc. Note that a LandArea may contain some relatively small WaterAreas. For example, Australia is a LandArea even though it contains various rivers and lakes.
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Parents 地理的地域 A geographic location, generally having definite boundaries. Note that this differs from its immediate superclass Region in that a GeographicArea is a three-dimensional Region of the earth. Accordingly, all astronomical objects other than earth and all one-dimensional and two-dimensional Regions are not classed under GeographicArea.
Children ArableLandArableLand is the subclass of LandArea that represents land in cultivation with crops that are replanted after each harvest, e.g., wheat and rice.
 CampgroundA LandArea whose purpose is to have MobileResidences (e.g. recreational vehicles, mobile homes, Tents, etc.) located there.
 CemeteryA LandArea which is used for burying the dead.
 都市A LandArea of relatively small size, inhabited by a community of people, and having some sort of political structure. Note that this class includes both large cities and small settlements like towns, villages, hamlets, etc.
 CityBlockA square-shaped area surrounded by Roadways which is part of a City and typically contains Buildings.
 大陸As defined in the CIA World Fact Book, Continent covers seven land masses: Africa, NorthAmerica, SouthAmerica, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Note that Australia, counted as a continent in some other systems, is included in Oceania in the Fact Book. As a consequence, there is no Nation which is also a Continent.
 CountyA GeopoliticalArea that is larger than a city, usually encompassing several cities, and smaller than a StateOrProvince. Aside from City, this is the smallest geopolitical subdivision, and it is known by various names in various countries, e.g. parrish, commune, etc.
 CultivatedLandAreaA LandArea which is dedicated to Agriculture, e.g. Lawns, gardens, and fields for growing crops.
 DesertDesert is a subclass of LandAreas that are arid regions having sparse or no vegetation.
 FieldA LandArea that has been cleared of BotanicalTrees. Note that a Field is not necessarily used for the cultivation of crops and that a Field may be very small, e.g. Lawn is a subclass of Field.
 ForestForest is the class of large LandAreas that are covered by trees and associated undergrowth, either growing wild or managed for the purpose of timber production.
 GrasslandGrassland is the class of LandAreas where the predominant vegetation is some kind of grass.
 IrrigatedLandIrrigatedLand is the subclass of LandArea representing land whose water supply is artificially supplied or supplemented.
 A LandArea that is completely surrounded by a WaterArea.
 IsthmusAn Isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses and is bordered on two sides by water.
 JungleJungle is a subclass of fertile LandAreas that are overgrown with tropical vegetation.
 LandlockedAreaLandlockedArea is the class of LandAreas that lack access to an Ocean or to a Waterway providing a link to the ocean.
 LandTransitwayLandTransitway is the subclass of Transitway that represents areas intended for motion over the ground.
 国民The broadest GeopoliticalArea, i.e. Nations are GeopoliticalAreas that are not part of any other overarching and comprehensive governance structure (excepting commonwealths and other sorts of loose international organizations).
 OasisOasis is a subclass of LandAreas that are fertile places within a desert, which have water and some vegetation.
 ParkA LandArea which is intended to be used for recreation and/or exercise.
 PermanentCropLandPermanentCropLand is the subclass of LandArea that represents land cultivated for crops that are produced without replanting after every harvest, such as fruit trees, coffee, rubber, nuts, and vineyards. Does not include timberland. Cf. arableLandArea.
 PiedmontA Piedmont is a LandArea at the foot of mountains.
 ShoreAreaA ShoreArea is a LandArea approximately 1-3 km wide bordering a body of water, such as an ocean, bay, river, or lake. A ShoreArea may comprise a variety of LandForms, such as dunes, sloughs, and marshes.
 ShorelineShoreline is the class of LandAreas that are the edge of a larger land mass abutting a bordering WaterArea.
 Administrative subdivisions of a Nation that are broader than any other political subdivisions that may exist. This Class includes the states of the United States, as well as the provinces of Canada and European countries.
 WatershedDivideA WatershedDivide is a summit area, or narrow tract of higher ground that constitutes the watershed boundary between two adjacent drainage basins, it divides the surface waters that flow naturally in one direction from those that flow in the opposite direction.
InstancesAmericanSamoaA dependency of the UnitedStates
 AnguillaA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 AntarcticAreaThe area below the AntarcticCircle, which is 66 degrees 33 minutes and 38 seconds south latitude. It is dark for at least 24 hours at some point during the year, with an increasing period of yearly continuous darkness as one gets closer to the South Pole.
 ArubaA dependency of the Netherlands
 AshmoreAndCartierIslandsA dependency of Australia
 BakerIslandA dependency of the UnitedStates
 BermudaA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 BritishIndianOceanTerritoryA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 BritishVirginIslandsA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 CaymanIslandsA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 ChristmasIslandA dependency of Australia
 ClippertonIslandA dependency of France
 CocosKeelingIslandsA dependency of Australia
 CookIslandsA dependency of NewZealand
 CoralSeaIslandsA dependency of Australia
 FalklandIslandsA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 FaroeIslandsA dependency of Denmark
 FrenchGuianaA dependency of France
 FrenchPolynesiaA dependency of France
 FrenchSouthernAndAntarcticLandsA dependency of France
 GazaStripA terroritory occupied by Israel.
 GibraltarA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 GreenlandA dependency of Denmark
 GuadeloupeA dependency of France
 GuernseyA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 HongKongA dependency of China
 HowlandIslandA dependency of the UnitedStates
 IsleOfManA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 JanMayenIslandA dependency of Norway
 JarvisIslandA dependency of the UnitedStates
 JerseyA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 JohnstonAtollA dependency of the UnitedStates
 KingmanReefA dependency of the UnitedStates
 MacauA dependency of China
 MartiniqueA dependency of France
 MidwayIslandsA dependency of the UnitedStates
 MontserratA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 NavassaIslandA dependency of the UnitedStates
 NetherlandsAntillesA dependency of the Netherlands
 NewCaledoniaA dependency of France
 NiueA dependency of NewZealand
 NorfolkIslandA dependency of Australia
 NorthernMarianaIslandsA dependency of the UnitedStates
 PalestinianTerritoriesFor the purposes of ISO_3166_1_alpha_2, the PalestinianTerritories are those LandAreas militarily controlled and sporadically occupied by the State of Israel, but claimed and partly administered by the PalestinianLiberationOrganization (in the case of the WestBank) or Hamas (in the case of the GazaStrip).
 PalmyraAtollA dependency of the UnitedStates
 ParacelIslands
 PitcairnIslandsA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 SahelSahel is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north. The Sahel has a hot semi-arid climate and stretches across the southernmost latitudes of North Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. Although geographically located in the tropics, the Sahel does not have a tropical climate. The Sahel spans 5,900 km (3,670 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, in a belt several hundred to a thousand kilometers (c. 600 miles) wide. It covers an area of 3,053,200 square kilometers (1,178,850 sq mi).[Wikipedia]
 SaintHelenaA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 SaintPierreAndMiquelonA dependency of France
 SouthGeorgiaAndTheSouthSandwichIslandsA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 SpratlyIslands
 SvalbardA dependency of Norway
 TokelauA dependency of NewZealand
 TurksAndCaicosIslandsA dependency of the UnitedKingdom
 WakeIslandA dependency of the UnitedStates
 WallisAndFutunaA dependency of France
 WestBankA terroritory occupied by Israel.


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