Editing Regions of Europe (section)

==== Regional ====
* '''[[Atlantic Europe]]'''
** [[Great Britain]], [[Ireland]], [[Iceland]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[France]], western [[Scandinavia]] and [[Germany]].

* '''[[Alps|Alpine countries]]'''
: States that occupy the [[Alps]]:
: [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Slovenia]], [[Germany]], [[France]], and [[Italy]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Balkans]] region'''
: In its broadest sense, encompasses [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Hercegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Kosovo]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]] and [[East Thrace|European Turkey]]

* '''[[Baltic region|Baltic Rim]] region'''
: [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], and [[Sweden]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
:* The term '''[[Baltic states]]''' emerged after [[World War I]] referring to the new sovereign states that emerged on the east coast of the Baltic Sea: [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]]. Since [[World War II]], the term has been used for just Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.<ref name="Bojtar">{{cite book
| last1 = Bojtar
| first1 = Endre
| title = Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic People
| date = 1999
| publisher = Central European University Press
| isbn = 9789639116429
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Er1_CwAAQBAJ
}}</ref> 

* '''[[British Isles]]'''
: [[Guernsey]], The [[Isle of Man]], the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Jersey]] and the [[United Kingdom]]

* '''[[Carpathian Mountains|Carpathian]] states'''
: [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], and [[Ukraine]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Caucasus]]'''
: [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and [[Russia]]; also the [[list of territorial disputes|disputed territories]] of [[Abkhazia]], and [[South Ossetia]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Channel Islands]]'''
: [[Bailiwick of Guernsey|Guernsey]] and [[Jersey]]

* '''[[Low Countries]]'''
: [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], parts of [[France]], and parts of [[Germany]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
:*'''[[Benelux]]''':  [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Luxembourg]]

* '''[[Nordic countries]]'''
: [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], [[Greenland]], and [[Iceland]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
:*'''[[Scandinavia]]''': [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Denmark]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
:*'''[[Fennoscandia]]''': [[Finland]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Karelia]]; a geological region defined by the [[Fennoscandian shield]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Danube|Danubian countries]]'''
: States that lie along the River [[Danube]]:
: [[Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Moldova]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], and [[Ukraine]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Dinaric Alps]]'''
: [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
: [[Serbia]], [[Kosovo]] and [[Italy]] occupy a small portion of the Dinaric Alps.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Macaronesia]]'''
: Chain of Islands in the North Atlantic
: [[Azores]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]]; also including [[Cape Verde]], an independent [[Africa]]n nation.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Mediterranean]] countries'''
: Mediterranean nations are [[European countries]] on the [[Mediterranean Basin]]:
: [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[France]], [[Monaco]], [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[San Marino]], [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]], [[Greece]], [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Malta]], and the [[United Kingdom|British]] territory of [[Gibraltar]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
:*'''[[Adriatic]] region''': [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Black Sea|Black Sea region]]'''
: The Black Sea nations (although some sections lie within Asia) are:
: [[Abkhazia]] (de facto state), [[Bulgaria]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[Turkey]], and [[Ukraine]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

* '''[[Caspian Sea|Caspian Sea region]]'''
: The world's largest lake which forms a section of the Asian-European border has five countries occupying its shore. [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]] lie entirely within Asia while the following countries are transcontinental and have sovereignty over the Caspian Sea's European sector:
: [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]], and [[Russia]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}