Is New York a formal region? If yes, what makes it a region or formal region?

A nation is a formal region; it is a particular political entity and may have a common language. The Great Plains region is an example of a landform region; it too is considered a formal region. Functional regions are organized around a focal point; the metropolitan area of New York City is an example.

baltic states. baltic states, northeastern region of europe containing the countries of estonia, latvia, and lithuania, on the eastern shores of the baltic sea.

explanation:

since there isn't any suggested answers i will give you the reason and hopefully you can figure it

south africa, or rather all of africa, has not been in the location in which it is nowadays throughout the geological past. after the super-continent pangaea started to break apart, gondwanaland, in which was africa, moved further south, and parts of it came to be very close to the south pole. because the climate in this part of the world is very cold due to the very dispersed sun rays in there, what is now south africa, started to freeze, and the conditions were right for the formation of glaciers. the glaciers existed up until the period when gondwanaland started to break apart and what is now africa started to move towards north, sp it warmed up and the glaciers melted.