| The eastern plains, or llanos, account for 60 percent of the country's territory and are sparsely populated, as are the coastal lowlands. |
| The route is sparsely populated, if at all, with mostly timbered peaks giving way to an occasional high mountain lake. |
| The settlement pattern expanded and previously sparsely settled areas were infilled, especially in the Valley of Mexico. |
| A rescue helicopter was scrambled to help search teams to scour the area, which is one of the sparsely populated places in Britain. |
| In the mangrove-lined estuaries that ring most of the 2,000-miles of sparsely inhabited coast you can fish for trevally, queenfish or tarpon. |
| The Terrans have their home world and the original colony world that they survived on during their exile, both only sparsely populated. |
