conurbation

geography

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occurrence in United Kingdom

supercities in United States

  • A map of the states, boundaries, and capital cities of the United States, along with the bodies of water and other counties surrounding the U.S.
    In United States: The supercities

    The conurbation—a territorial coalescence of two or more sizable cities whose peripheral zones have grown together—may have first appeared in early 19th-century Europe. There are major examples in Great Britain, the Low Countries, and Germany, as well as in Japan.

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