Over a hundred demonstrators erected four large, steel-framed tents and a massive Palestinian flag on the rugged, rocky tract near Jerusalem, just as Obama arrived in nearby Tel Aviv for three days of talks and meetings.
In the arid Sonoran region, 500 cattle require upwards of 20 ha per head, leading to sizable albeit rugged and dry tracts of land in the hands of individual ranchers.
But that's where Royal Dutch Shell is heading in an attempt to survey huge tracts of rugged and remote terrain that might be hiding oil.
Much of the Korean peninsula is a dramatic landscape of rugged, pine-covered mountains, large tracts of which have been turned into national parks and recreation areas by the government.
Its most thinly populated sections are the cold and rugged Great Himalayan region and the malarial tracts bordering the Duars Plain.
Flathead County, adjacent to Glacier National Park, is home to some of Montana's wildest country, with vast tracts of forest and rugged mountain ranges.
For decades, environmentalists dreamed of acquiring and preserving for all time the vast, privately owned tracts of beguiling woodlands, rugged ridges, hiking trails and crystalline streams and lakes known as Sterling Forest, 40 miles northwest of New York City.
That has made Ireland, with its large tracts of sparsely populated moorland, rugged mountains and windswept valleys, a perfect setting for many of these challenging, unusual sports.
He added that the tract sits at a juncture of the rugged, bald ridges of the Shawangunks, which are a haven for rock climbers, and the densely forested foothills of the Catskills, which draw thousands of campers every year.
The province holds extensive tracts of large carnivore habitat in remote, rugged places that have experienced relatively limited human impact.
