geographical unit

collocation in English

meaningsofgeographicalandunit

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geographical
adjective
uk
/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
relating to geography, or to the geography of a particular area ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofgeographicalandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgeographical unit

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The police force's area is the smallestgeographicalunitfor statistics on cautioning available centrally.
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I do not think there is anything in the argument that, if a country is ageographicalunit, it must necessarily be a political unit.
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In other words, they may be involved in an entirely new county situation and also in a newgeographicalunitconstituting a district.
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In fact, it is not a naturalgeographicalunitat all.
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Unfortunately, it is impossible to provide these figures by any othergeographicalunit.
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The police force area is the smallestgeographicalunitfor which information on cautioning is available centrally.
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There are, however, only around 10 to 12 countries in the world where people, nation andgeographicalunitcombine to form a higher unit.
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Instead of taking thegeographicalunitas the unit to be relieved, you could take in certain cases the industrial unit.
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Complications are involved in the choice ofgeographicalunit.
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You might take either ageographicalunit, or you might take an industrial unit.
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What, therefore, is thegeographicalunitfor allocating these resources?
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It abolishes county councils, the onegeographicalunitto which people feel a local loyalty.
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But it is also ageographicalunit: it represents the people of a particular area.
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There was little rational justification for thegeographicalunit.
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We can make thegeographicalunitwhat we like.
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It is ageographicalunitwith a community of interest.
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It may be that such matters as seashore coastal defences come within the purview of two different local authorities but have to be treated as a naturalgeographicalunit.
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As indicated in the consultation document for the review, travel-to-work areas will continue to be the maingeographicalunitused in making decisions on the new assisted areas map.
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In some cases the county is a very largegeographicalunit, and this would involve a considerable amount of time in travelling for county district representatives.
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Using a smaller, rather than a larger,geographicalunitfor the map will offer the most scope for targeting areas effectively within our overall population ceiling.
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