31.   Although the border is short, it runs through a sparsely populated region of dense woods and wide marshlands that offer good cover for immigrants to slip across.

32.   Dalmatia in southern Croatia is a sparsely populated region with small coastal towns separated by long stretches of dry land, dotted with forest and brush growth.

33.   Dalmatia in southern Croatia is a sparsely populated region with small isolated towns along the coastline.

34.   Federal Parliament has ultimate jurisdiction over the territory -- a sparsely populated region regarded by many as a tropical Outback frontier.

35.   For the nationalists, it was a disappointing performance in the heavily populated central regions, particularly Edinburgh where they won no seats at all.

36.   For the nationalist, it was a disappointing performance in the heavily populated central regions, particularly Edinburgh where they won no seats at all.

37.   He highlighted a project that calls for a pipeline to carry drinking water from springs in southern Jordan to the densely populated central region.

38.   Helicopter is the only means of transport throughout much of Taimyr, a sparsely populated region most of which is located above the Arctic Circle.

39.   It said the collision was Monday evening over a sparsely populated region of Siberia near Lake Baikal.

40.   Southern Croatia, known as Dalmatia, is a sparsely populated region with small isolated towns along the coastline.