The phrase "a region characterized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing specific features or qualities that define a particular area or location.
Example: "The Amazon rainforest is a region characterized by its vast biodiversity and dense vegetation."
Alternatives: "an area defined by" or "a zone marked by".
At the same time, it lies within a region characterized by a high degree of seismic activity.
The Baltic coastal area is fringed by a region characterized by geographers as the maritime depression, which rises gradually eastward.
It was inconceivable that Pope John Paul II, as he glided serenely though the Holy Land on a personal pilgrimage and a secondary mission of interfaith healing, would transform a region characterized by divisiveness and hatred.
Families live on the base and in relatively new housing scattered on the surrounding landscape of onetime farmland, in a region characterized by flat, austere terrain and brutal winters.
Model calculations are run for a typical summer day in Ghardaia, Algeria (32.40°N, 3.80°E, 469 m a.s.l.), a region characterized by a hot and dry climate.
The proposed methodology has been applied to a complex domain in Northern Italy, including Milan metropolitan area, a region characterized by high ozone levels in the summer season.
The greater Taipei area is in a subtropical region characterized by a cool winter and a hot summer.
The H/ACA snoRNAs generally form two hairpins connected by a hinge region, characterized by a conserved box, H (ANANNA), and an ACA trinucleotide motif located three residues upstream of the 3' end.
This is a dry region, characterized by a Mediterranean-Continental climate with marked seasonal variations in rainfall and temperature.
The most significant SNP is located ∼100-Kbp downstream SFRS2IP in a genomic region characterized by a high degree of LD.
The PAG is a midbrain region characterized by a high degree of bidirectional connections to many neuronal substrates including the thalamus, hypothalamus, inferior/superior colliculus, brainstem, amygdala and several cortical regions.
