India has a cuisine rich in regional flavour.

The two regions differ in religion and culture.

The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

Rice is grown in many parts of the world.

She's signed up for a couple of night classes at the local college.

She has been investing her energy in helping the poor in that area.

He explored the region around the South Pole.

Is he familiar with this part of the city?

His company was singled out as the most successful small business in the region.

Slavery has been abolished in most parts of the world.

In other areas of the city, fighting continued.

This part of the city is strange to me.

The earthquake shook the area.

Because of global warming, it's starting to melt in some parts of Alaska.

The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.

The community scheme has run up against local opposition.

A massive flood paralyzed the local transportation network.

After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to develop.

The river flooded a large area.

The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.