geographic area vs sphere of influence

Other hyponyms of geographic area include soil, territory, colony, dependency, semidesert, narco-state, place, property, basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed, environs, purlieu, geographical zone, zone, environment, environs, surround, surroundings, dust bowl, hemisphere, flashpoint, hot spot, hotspot, trouble spot, panhandle, country, rural area, sphere, field, settlement, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, populated area, urban area, wild, wilderness, killing field, northern Europe, French region, Baltic Republic, Baltic State, Colony, Dar al-Islam, House of Islam, Dar al-harb, House of War.