The phrase "area spanning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific region or extent that covers a particular space or range.
Example: "The research focused on the area spanning the northern and southern regions of the country."
Alternatives: "region covering" or "zone extending".
Buildings were wrecked in an area spanning at least 250 miles from Jalalabad in Afghanistan to Srinagar in Indian Kashmir.
The scale of the sanctuary will dwarf any previous New Zealand protected area, spanning twice the size of the country's landmass.
Consistent with prior research, heartbeat monitoring engaged a circumscribed area spanning insular cortex and adjacent inferior frontal operculum.
After all, they are in "Kentuckiana," a nicer name, as one student put it, than "Indiucky" for the greater Louisville area spanning the two states.
A draft analysis being prepared for the Wilderness Society and based on figures from the federal Farm Service Agency put at $6.5 million the total direct farming subsidies last year in the area spanning the basin.
By 1710 they had created a Buginese state in the Selangor region, and by 1722 they had established themselves in Riau, an area spanning the east-central part of the island of Sumatra.
Page A5 JAPAN LIFTS ADVISORIES Despite continued fears over radiation levels, Japan lifted evacuation advisories for an area spanning five towns and cities around a tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant.
In April 2008 he was nominated to succeed Adm. William J. Fallon as head of Centcom, the organization responsible for all U.S. military operations in an area spanning 25 countries and stretching from the Horn of Africa through the Middle East to Central Asia.
Soto-Harmon points out that the Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital, the largest council in the country, owns eight camping facilities in the area, spanning more than a thousand acres of land, where girls can practice archery, canoeing, kayaking, climbing and more.
George Bush trumped that in November by advocating a free-trade area spanning the Pacific and covering half the world economy.Such regional proposals, if given serious backing, would do much to cut through the tangle of Asia's noodle bowl of deals.
TOKYO — Despite continued fears over radiation levels, Japan lifted evacuation advisories for an area spanning five towns and cities around a tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant on Friday, the first such move since multiple fuel meltdowns at the site led to a substantial radiation leak and forced more than 100,000 surrounding residents to flee.
