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Ponca
(Encyclopedia) Ponca, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). According to tradition the group lived…Long Valley
(Encyclopedia) Long Valley, caldera, c.10 by 20 mi (15 by 30 km), Mono co., E Calif., at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada. Formed by a catastrophic eruption c.730,000 years ago, Long Valley and…Song Ba
(Encyclopedia) Song BaSong Basông bä [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Annamese Cordillera, central S Vietnam, and flowing S past An Khe to Krong Pa, then SE past Son Hoa to the…Sobat
(Encyclopedia) SobatSobatsōˈbät [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed on the Ethiopia–South Sudan border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Baro and Pibor rivers. It flows generally NW…São João de Meriti
(Encyclopedia) São João de MeritiSão João de MeritisouN zhwouN ᵺĭ mərēˈtĭ, də mĭrētēˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 508,200), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, a residential suburb northwest of the city…Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
(Encyclopedia) Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, c.125 mi (200 km) wide at its narrowest, S Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It is mostly a rolling, tropical lowland with the…Lièvre
(Encyclopedia) LièvreLièvrelēāˈvrə [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in Kempt Lake, S Que., Canada, and flowing generally SW into the Ottawa River near Buckingham. Parts of it are…Brèche de Roland
(Encyclopedia) Brèche de RolandBrèche de Rolandbrĕsh də rôläNˈ [key], narrow gorge (alt. 9,200 ft/2,804 m), Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, in the Pyrenees. It leads into the Cirque de Gavarnie, a…Calcasieu
(Encyclopedia) CalcasieuCalcasieukălˈkəs&oomacr; [key], river c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in W central La. and flowing S through Lake Charles and Calcasieu Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. The…Saint Marys City
(Encyclopedia) Saint Marys City, village (1990 pop. 3,200), St. Marys co., S Md., on the St. Marys River; est. 1634 as Maryland's first town. English colonists purchased a Native American village,…Trending
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