Interior
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Coastal regions of a territory are often the most densely populated due to their greater economic productivity or colonial
history. This leads to a contrast with the interior of the territory, which is (or was) sparsely populated. Examples include:
Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
history. This leads to a contrast with the interior of the territory, which is (or was) sparsely populated. Examples include:
- British Columbia InteriorBritish Columbia InteriorThe British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver...
, commonly called "The Interior", the inland areas of British Columbia, Canada, including but not limited to:- The Interior PlateauInterior PlateauThe Interior Plateau comprises a large region of central British Columbia, and lies between the Cariboo and Monashee Mountains on the east, and the Hazelton Mountains, Coast Mountains and Cascade Range on the west. The continuation of the plateau into the United States is known there as the...
, official name of the parts of British Columbia between the Coast Mountains and the Columbia Mountains and the Canadian Rockies, and south of the Interior MountainsInterior MountainsThe Interior Mountains, also called the Northern Interior Mountains and Interior Ranges, are the semi-official names for a huge area that comprises much of the northern two thirds of the Canadian province of British Columbia and a large area of southern Yukon...
- The Interior Plateau
- The Columbia PlateauColumbia PlateauThe Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a wide flood basalt plateau between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, cut through by the Columbia River...
, Washington, USA, sometimes referred to as the "Interior Plateau" - The Alaska InteriorAlaska InteriorThe Alaska Interior covers most of the U.S. state's territory. It is largely wilderness. Mountains include Mount McKinley in the Alaska Range, the Wrangell Mountains, and the Ray Mountains....
, a largely wilderness area, encompassing most of the state - Interior DivisionInterior DivisionInterior Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It occupies the southwest portion of Sabah, bordering on Sarawak...
, an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo - U.S. Interior HighlandsU.S. Interior HighlandsThe U.S. Interior Highlands is a mountainous region spanning eastern Oklahoma, western and northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, and the extreme southeast corner of Kansas. The name is designated by the United States Geological Survey to refer to the combined mountainous region of the Ozarks and...
, a mountainous region spanning eastern Oklahoma, western and northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, and the extreme southeast corner of Kansas - Interior PlainsInterior PlainsThe Interior Plains is a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of central North America.-Geography:The Interior Plains are an extensive physiographic division encompassing 8 distinct physiographic provinces, the Interior Low Plateaus, Great Plains, Central Lowland,...
, a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of North America