Death zone (originally the lethal zone), altitudes above a certain point where the amount of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span
Frigid zone, a geographical zone on Earth
Hardiness zone, a geographically defined zone in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing
Temperate zone, a geographical zone on Earth
Torrid zone, a legendary geographical zone on Earth too hot to cross
Military zones
Zone, any of the divisions of France during the World War II German occupation
Zone, any of the divisions of Germany during the post-World War II Allied occupation
DMZ or DZ or demilitarized zone, an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers, or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel
Green Zone, a military zone in Baghdad, Iraq
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Place-names
Administrative divisions of India, known as Zones
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, commonly known as "The Zone", a self-declared commune and partially autonomous intentional community in Seattle, Washington
Zone (colony) (Ζώνη), an ancient Greek city
Zone, Lombardy, a comune in the province of Brescia
List of zones of Ethiopia, administrative divisions
The Zone (die Zone in German), a derogatory term for the German Democratic Republic
Zone Coopérative de l'Université Laval, a university cooperative in Quebec, Canada
Zone of alienation, the exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl disaster
Zones of Nepal, administrative divisions
Other places
Exclusion zone, a geographic area in which certain activities are prohibited
International zone, an extraterritorial political zone
Apparel
Zone (vestment), a belt worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Zone, a girdle worn by a woman around the waist
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
The Zone (2003 film), a Swedish short documentary
The Zone (2011 film), an American thriller
Transformers: Zone, a 1990 OVA
Games
Zone (video games), an area within a virtual environment
Zone.com, alternate name for MSN Games
Zones, level names in early Sonic the Hedgehog games
Literature
Zone (magazine), an Argentina-based forum for international poetry and prose
Zone (play), a French language play written by Canadian Marcel Dubé
"Zone", a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire
Zones (novel), 1997, by Damien Broderick and Rorey Barns
Music
Groups and labels
Zone (band), an all-female J-pop group
Zones (band), a British punk band
Zone Records, a record label
Albums
Zone (album), 1996, by Southern Sons
The Zone (Enter Shikari album), 2007
The Zone (Paul Rutherford, Torsten Müller, and Harris Eisenstadt album), 2006
Zones (album), 1983, by Hawkwind
Zone (EP), 2023, by Jihyo
Songs
"Zone", a 1976 single by The Rhythm Makers
"Zone", a 2019 single by Arizona Zervas
"Zone", a bonus track on the 2017 digital release of the Macintosh Plus album Floral Shoppe
"The Zone" (song), a 2011 song by The Weeknd
Television
The Zone (Australian TV program), a 1990s Australian video games news and reviews television program
The Zone (British game show), a 2007 interactive game show
The Zone (New Zealand TV channel), a former TV channel
The Zone (ITV), a British teleshopping and interactive gaming TV channel
The Zone (YTV), a Canadian television programming block
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
1280 The Zone, the branding of the American radio station KZNS (AM)
A Nymph unclasping her Zone, a sculpture by Richard Westmacott
The Zone, a fictional area in the Andrei Tarkovsky movie Stalker
Computing
Zone, a region in region-based memory management
DNS zone, a portion of computer network namespace
Fibre Channel zoning, a method of network partitioning
Solaris Zones, a virtualization feature of the Solaris operating system
Science and technology
Zone (convex polytope), in geometry/algorithmic, a kind of convex polytope
Brillouin zone, the primitive cell of a lattice in reciprocal space
Chronozone, a sequence of rocks deposited within a particular time interval
Erogenous zone, an area on the body which may respond sexually to stimulation
Spherical zone, the surface area of a spherical segment
Thermal zone, or just zone, in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
Zone diet, a diet involving precise proportions by weight of protein, fat, and carbohydrate
Zone plate, a device used to focus light or other things exhibiting wave character
Zone System, a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development
Sports
Zone defense, in team sports
Zoning (Australian rules football), a method of allocating players to clubs
Other uses
Zone (guitar), a Fender bass guitar model
Zone, a short name for DVD region code
Zones (permaculture), a method of planning civil and agricultural placement
Da share z0ne, a satirical social media account
Flow (psychology), or "the zone", a mental state attained by a person fully immersed in some activity
Time zone
Zone pricing, based on the location of the buyer
Zoning, in urban planning, a system of land-use regulation