On the one hand, it had a large region ( largely east of the Urals ) of highly distinct, pre-industrial, often non-literate peoples, similar to the situation in the Americas.

During this period the region along with most of Eastern Australia was part of the ocean floor ; formations from this period include the Black Mountain Sandstone formation and the Pittman Formation consisting largely of quartz-rich sandstone, siltstone and shale.

Moreover the far north remains largely undeveloped as producers await higher prices or new technologies as many operations in this region are not yet cost effective.

For political reasons, analyzing these varieties as " languages " or " dialects " yields inconsistent results: British and American English, spoken by close political and military allies, are almost universally regarded as dialects of a single language, whereas the standard languages of Serbia and Croatia, which differ from each other to a similar extent as the dialects of English, are being treated by some linguists from the region as distinct languages, largely because the two countries oscillate from being brotherly to being bitter enemies.

Detroit turned into a major industrial region, largely in part because of the Detroit River.

In the west, Franconia proper comprises the Tauberfranken region along the Tauber River, which today is largely part of the Main-Tauber-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.

The clearing of land for agricultural purposes occurs throughout Honduras but especially in the largely undeveloped La Mosquitia region, and causes further land degradation and soil erosion hastened.

Wage growth had kept up with other nations in the region ; however, this growth has largely been driven by increased government spending.

The region became increasingly Christian after the 3rd century and then largely Moslem after the 7th Century Arab conquest.

The Appalachian region was largely settled in the 18th century by the Scotch-Irish, the majority of whom originated in the lowlands of Scotland.

At the time of the Arab invasion in the middle of the 7th century, the Sasanian central power seemed already largely nominal in the province in contrast with the role of the Hephthalites tribal lords, who were settled in the Herat region and in the neighboring districts, mainly in pastoral Bādghis and in Qohestān.

On the east, its border with Bangladesh is largely defined by the Khasi Hills and Mizo Hills, and the watershed region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

In March 1939, Ribbentrop assigned the largely ethnic Ukrainian Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia region of Czecho-Slovakia, which had just proclaimed its independence as the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine, to Hungary, which then proceeded to annex it after a short war.

An Islamic-inspired uprising in the largely Fula Inner Niger Delta region against rule by Ségou in 1818 led to establishment of a separate state.

As of 1980, this region was little explored and largely unmapped, and the expedition was unable to reach Lake Tele.

The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region known as Francia in Latin, largely corresponding to ancient Gaul, for 300 years from the middle of the 5th century.

The previous battles had largely been caused by attempts to destroy castles and sea trade routes and gain economic advantage in the region, and the crusade basically continued this pattern of conflict, albeit now inspired and prescribed by the Pope and undertaken by Papal knights and armed monks.

What little remained was largely outdated and rudimentary and limited to the eastern coastal cities, the Nanjing-Shanghai region, and a few interior cities.

Paraguay ’ s transportation system ranges from adequate to poor, largely depending on the region of the country.

South Korea's political elite starting from the 1970s, including presidents Park Chung Hee, Chun Doo Hwan, and Roh Tae Woo, have come largely from the Gyeongsang region.

In the 16th and 17th century, the western Slovene regions became the battlefield of the wars between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Venetian Republic, most notably the War of Gradisca, which was largely fought in the Slovene Goriška region.

While modern-day Syrians are commonly described as Arabs by virtue of their modern-day language and bonds to Arab culture and history, they are, in fact, largely a blend of the various Aramaic speaking groups indigenous to the region.

The region has historically been the centre of conflict between various states, based largely on its strategic geopolitical location.

It is a signature drink of the region to the point where the Southern use of the word " tea " is largely used to refer specifically to cold sweet tea and not to hot or plain varieties.

The region largely comprises a peninsula of Asia south of the Himalayas and constitutes a geoculturally distinct region within Asia.

East Volusia-also known as the Greater Daytona Beach Area, or the Halifax Area ( named for the Halifax River which runs through the area ), this region includes the cities of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Holly Hill, Ormond Beach, Ponce Inlet, Port Orange, and South Daytona ; and the surrounding unincorporated areas close to these cities.

Southeast Volusia-also known as the Greater New Smyrna Beach Area, this region includes the cities of New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, and Oak Hill ; also the unincorporated areas close to these cities.

West Volusia-also called Saint John's River Country ( named for the Saint John's River which lies nearby ), this region includes the cities of Barberville, Debary, DeLand, De Leon Springs, Deltona, Glenwood, Lake Helen, Orange City, Pierson, and Seville ; as well as the surrounding unincorporated areas close to these cities.

In addition the Texas Youth Commission operated the Al Price State Juvenile Correctional Facility in an unincorporated area, within the Mid County region.

An unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation.

Additionally, Emperor Elementary School, while part of the Temple City Unified School District, is physically located within an unincorporated region of Los Angeles County and carries a San Gabriel postal address.

However, the Romoland region includes the entire unincorporated area between Perris, Hemet, Lake Elsinore and Murrieta.

It is the fourth largest city in Indiana and the economic and cultural hub of the Michiana region, with the University of Notre Dame located just to the north in unincorporated Notre Dame, Indiana.

Manitou Beach and Devils Lake are two unincorporated communities in the Irish Hills region of Lenawee County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Greenville Mid Delta Regional Airport, located in unincorporated Washington County, northeast of downtown Greenville, serves the city and the Mississippi Delta region.

The unincorporated community of Bushkill was a well-known small town in the region but has since fallen on hard times.

The islands are state property-an unincorporated area-and do not belong to either a municipality or a region, instead, they are governed by an administrator appointed by the Danish ministry of defence which is responsible for carrying out the tasks normally performed by municipalities.

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation which is instead administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, canton, state, province or country.

The remaining unincorporated areas in the Northern Territory are the Unincorporated Top End Region ( Finniss-Mary, the largest ), the Darwin Rates Act Area ( East Arm ), Nhulunbuy, Alyangula in the northern region, and Yulara in the southern region.

Karnack is a rural unincorporated community in northeastern Harrison County near Caddo Lake in the eastern region of the U. S. state of Texas.

Southwest Florida International Airport is a public county-owned airport located in the South Fort Myers region of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States.

* East Los Angeles ( region ), also known as the Eastside, part of the City of Los Angeles, west of the unincorporated community

Walter Johnson High School ( WJHS ) is located at 6400 Rock Spring Drive in Bethesda, an unincorporated region of Montgomery County, Maryland.

The combined population of the municipalities, unincorporated areas and Indian Reserves in the region are as follows:

Long Pond is an unincorporated community in Monroe County in the Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania, a part of the Appalachian Mountains.

The campus is on a tract of land adjacent to U. S. Highway 82 in unincorporated Leflore County, in the Mississippi Delta region, northwest of Itta Bena.

Laidlaw is an unincorporated settlement in the Upper Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located just west of the westernmost boundary of Hope, British Columbia on the south side of the Fraser River and along the Trans-Canada Highway.

As a geographical term, it can refer to either the region described here or the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles.