### Question
How is the term geographic area defined?


### Answer
The term **geographic area** is defined in *43 U.S.C. § 2607* as the following:

> the area in the State of Oregon within the boundaries of the Medford District, Roseburg District, Eugene District, Salem District, Coos Bay District, and Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land Management, as the districts and the resource area were constituted on January 1, 1998

#### Citation:
  - *43 U.S.C. § 2607*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT LANDS > SUBCHAPTER I-ADMINISTRATION**

