It refers to an area defined by everything in it. Basically,
it is the physical and human aspects of an area. It is associated with Toponym
(a place name), Site (the features of that place or an area on which a building,
town or monument is built), Population, and Situation (the environmental
surrounding of a location).
1: the black lines on the map identify the separate tectonic plates.
2: the arrow shows the direction of the movement of the tectonic plates and what plates might be over lapping each other and what might draft away from each other.
