Straddling the border of northern Italy, this is a favourite for watersports enthusiasts.
West of Taegu, straddling the border between North and South Kyŏngsang provinces, lies Kayasan (Gayasan) National Park.
Culturally, Belgium is a heterogeneous country straddling the border between the Romance and Germanic language families of western Europe.
LAKE SKADAR, straddling the border between Albania and Montenegro, is one of the most beautiful spots in the Balkans.
Its stated aim has been to create a Sunni state straddling the border into Syria's rebel-held desert provinces.
Straddling the border between documentary and fiction, Mr. Gatlif's films are valuable records of a vanishing culture.
Pakistan's military has been battling militants in the country's semiautonomous northwestern tribal regions straddling the border with Afghanistan.
The soldiers were kidnapped Dec. 23 after dozens of Taliban insurgents overran a fort in one of the restive tribal regions straddling the border with Afghanistan.
Straddling the border between the land and the sea, the mangrove provides a crucial buffer from the harsh waves that swirl in the Bay of Bengal.
Parts of Manipur's conflict are tied to insurgencies in Myanmar, where the same hill-tribes, straddling the border, are fighting the state.
In the ensuing rout, cheered on by Malians waving the French tricolore, the rebels were driven deep into the north-eastern mountains straddling the border with Algeria.
