What Are The Main Natural Regions Of The World?

The natural regions of the world are as follows :

1. Equatorial Region
2. Tropical Grasslands
3. Tropical deserts
4. Mediterranean Region
5. China Type
6. British type
7. Praries
8. Temperate Deserts
9. Taiga Region
10. Tundra Region

This answer is from my text book.

World has 12 natural regions physical divisions which are as follows

Hot Belt:

It lies roughly between latitude 0' and 3' north and the south of the equator with generally high temperatures.Polar region: It is Permanently ice covered region on the earth.  Polar region is popularly known as Arctic( North) and Antarctic( South) regions.

Tundra region:

There are two types of tundra: Arctic tundra (which also occurs in Antarctica), and alpine tundra. Tundra is almost devoid of trees.Moorland: Comprises of rocky surface. The main vegetation is short shrubs and tufted grass. Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas, characterized by low growing vegetation on acidic soils.

Coniferous forests:

It is a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a forest.

Deciduous forests:

Naturally covered by deciduous forests areas are northeast USA, central Japan, north china and west Europe.  Steppes: One of the vast, treeless wastes of Russia, and parts of Asia. These are plains without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes).

Prairie regions:

The central North American plains, extending over most of the regions between the Rockies on the west and the Great Lakes and Ohio river on the east and extending into Canada. Mediterranean Regions: South Africa and southern Australia are the main parts of this region. The vegetation is Oak, vine And wheat etc.

Savannah or tropical region:

The Savannah areas lie between desert and forest. More than one-third Africa is savannah. Rainfall of a short period in summer followed by along dry season.  Tropical forest: It is a region of great heat and moisture, with very luxuriant vegetation and high growing trees. Monsoon lands areas: The Monsoon land area comprises of India, Pakistan, Thailand, Indo China, Myanmar and part of Sri Lanka, the Philippines and North Australia. In these areas the rainfall is more than 40 inches and forests grow in abundance. Main crops in area are maize, cotton, sugarcane, indigo, tobacco, wheat, rice, millet, jute, of seed etc. Also densely populated.