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Cumbrian Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Cumbrian Mountains, mountains of the Lake District, NW England; Scafell Pike (3,210 ft/978 m) is the highest point. Studded with lakes and narrow valleys, the range extends through Cumberland, Westmor...

McComb

(Encyclopedia)McComb, city (1990 pop. 11,591), Pike co., SW Miss., near the La. line; inc. 1872. It is the trade and rail center of a cotton, corn, soybean, cattle, and timber area. Manufactures include wire and te...

Scafell

(Encyclopedia)Scafell skôˈfĕlˈ [key] or Scawfell, mountain group, Cumbria, NW England, in the Lake District, in the Cumbrian Mts. It includes the peaks Scafell Pike (3,210 ft/978 m; highest in England), Scafell...

Winnipegosis, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Winnipegosis, Lake wĭnˌĭpəgōˈsĭs [key], 2,086 sq mi (5,403 sq km), 125 mi (201 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide, W Man., Canada. It is a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz. It drains SE into Lake M...

spear

(Encyclopedia)spear, primitive weapon consisting of a wooden shaft tipped with a sharp point, usually 8 to 9 ft (2.4–2.7 m) in length. The point may be carved from the shaft and hardened in a fire, or made from a...

perch

(Encyclopedia)perch, common name for some members of the family Percidae, symmetrical freshwater fishes of N Europe, Asia, and North America. The perches belong to the large order Perciformes (spiny-finned fishes) ...

Royal Gorge

(Encyclopedia)Royal Gorge, 10 mi (16 km) long, narrow canyon cut by the Arkansas River, S central Colo., often called the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. The gorge was discovered in 1806 by an expedition led by U.S. ...

Arkansas, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Arkansas ärkănˈzəs, ärˈkənsôˌ [key], river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo., and flowing generally SE across the plains to the Mississippi River, SE Ark.; ...

Albert I, Holy Roman Emperor

(Encyclopedia)Albert I, c.1250–1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298–1308), son of Rudolf I. Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as king of the Ge...
 

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