Regions of Asia

Regions of Asia

Indian Subcontinent/South Asia

*North India
**Indo-Gangetic Plain
**Indus Valley
*South India
**Deccan plateau
*East India
*West India
*Northeast India
**Seven Sister States

Greater Middle East

*Middle East
**Caucasus
**Near East
***Mashriq/Greater Syria
****Sinai
****Levant
*****Canaan/Palestine
****Mesopotamia
***Anatolia
**Greater Iran
***Khorosan
***Iranian plateau
**Arabia/Arab Peninsula
*Turkestan
**East Turkestan
**Russian Turkestan

East Asia

*Korean Peninsula/Korea
*Japanese Archipelago
*China
*Taiwan/Formosa
*Mongolia
*Tibet

Southeast Asia

*Mainland Southeast Asia
**Indochina
**Malay Peninsula
*Maritime Southeast Asia
**Malay Archipelago
***Philippines
***Islands of Indonesia
****Sumatra
****Sulawesi
****Java
****Bali
****Timor


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