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1. The Arctic Region, again subdivided into — 



(a) A Circumpolar subregion, which includes Green- 



land, the north coast of Europe and Asia, 

 and the north and north-east coasts of 

 America ; 



(b) An Atlantic Boreal subregion, which includes 



the west coast of Europe ; and 



(c) A Pacific Boreal subregion, which includes 



the northern shores of the Pacific Ocean 

 from Japan to California. 



The tropical parts of the globe are divided into four 

 regions : 



2. The Indo - Pacific Region, a very large area 

 stretching from the east coast of Africa to the Islands 

 of Oceania, and including the shores of India, the East 

 Indies, China, and most of Australia. 



3. The West American Region, which only includes 

 the small stretch of coast line from California to the 

 south of Ecuador. 



4. The East American Region, from Newfoundland 

 to Cape Hatteras in the United States. 



5 . The West African Region, which is subdivided into — 



(a) A Mediterranean subregion ; and 

 (6) A Guinea subregion. 



The whole of the Antarctic is included in a single 

 region — 



6. The Antarctic Region, which includes the south 

 coast of Australia, the coasts of Cape Colony and 

 German South-West Africa, and the greater part of 

 South America, from the River Plate on the east to 

 Ecuador on the west (this northern extension of the 

 cold region being caused, as has been alluded to above, 

 by the current of cold water running up the west coast 

 of South America). 



