geographically

geographical | Business English

geographical
adjective
(alsogeographic, uk /dʒiːəʊˈɡræfɪk/)uk /ˌdʒiːəʊˈɡræfɪkəl/us
relating to the features of the earth's surface, or those of a particular area or place:
Melbourne is a multi-cultural city that is characterized by its people rather than any geographical feature.
geographical areas/borders/regions
relating to an area, country, etc. where a company operates, sells products, etc.:
The company's fastest growing geographical area was Asia, which increased by 22%.
Netwise thought direct sales would increase if it expanded into new geographical markets.
It was also decided to organize the company into four geographic divisions: three (East, West and Central) in North America and one international.

Examples of geographical

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Attempting to write a global geographical perspective on organic agriculture is a major challenge.
First, before the outbreak, a large proportion of the population was susceptible because of the geographical characteristics of the health district.
The geographical metaphor is particularly useful when discussing the internal structure of a program, and hence it tends to predominate in more technical texts.
Local references can (as discussed later) be found at a structural, geographical as well as at social level.
A rather uncertain grasp of the historical and geographical context comes out in several ways.
Each entry in the glossary comprises a short definition of the term, its variants (if any), a geographical label and an explanation of its origin.
Both the temporal and the geographical bounds of the chapter can be specified with some precision.
These differences may reflect variations in host and geographical factors.
Depending on the geographical situation, the nature of infected hosts and the sites of infection, cysts may have different fertility rates.
When a species has a wide geographical distribution, its local populations in different regions may experience different selection pressures.
Moreover, mature trees ready for harvest may be grown for historical, socioeconomic, and geographical reasons, rather than due to the management effort.
The geographical concentration of the railway workers must not be allowed to mask a pattern of growing residential segregation within the workforce.
Several dozen such regions were specified on the basis of climatic, geographical, economical, and historical data.
For these pest groups, climatic conditions and geographical distribution of pests (downy mildews, corn borers, etc.) restrict the importance to some hot spots.
Differences among age-groups and geographical areas were assessed by the # test.
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