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(Encyclopedia) maquiladorasmaquiladorasmäkēˌlädōˈräs [key], Mexican assembly plants that manufacture finished goods for export to the United States. The maquiladoras are generally owned by non-…Carpathians
(Encyclopedia) CarpathiansCarpathianskärpāˈthēənz [key] or Carpathian Mountains, Czech, Pol., and Ukr. Karpaty, Rom. Carpaţii, major mountain system of central and E Europe, extending c.930 mi (1,500…Oder-Neisse line
(Encyclopedia) Oder-Neisse line, frontier established in 1945 between Germany and Poland; it followed the Oder and W Neisse rivers from the Baltic Sea to the Czechoslovak border. The boundary,…Gyula
(Encyclopedia) GyulaGyulady&oobreve;ˈlŏ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 34,154), SE Hungary, on the White Koros River near the Romanian border. It is an agricultural center and has a fine château and…Mamison
(Encyclopedia) Mamison or MamissonMamissonboth: məmēsônˈ [key], pass, 9,550 ft (2,911 m) high, in the central Greater Caucasus, on the border between Georgia and Russia. Crossed by the Ossetian…Maladetta Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Maladetta MountainsMaladetta Mountainsmälädĕtˈä [key], Span. Montes Malditos [Span.,=cursed mountains], massif of the central Pyrenees, NE Spain, near the French border. Its highest…Eisenhüttenstadt
(Encyclopedia) Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt īˌzənhütˈənshtät [key], city, Brandenburg, E Germany; on the Oder…El Centro
(Encyclopedia) El Centro El Centro ĕl sĕnˈtrō [key], city (2020 pop. 44,322), seat of Imperial co., SE Calif., near…Varnsdorf
(Encyclopedia) VarnsdorfVarnsdorfvärnsˈdôrf [key], Ger. Warnsdorf, city (1991 pop. 16,266), N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the German border. It is a railway junction and a textile manufacturing…Uele
(Encyclopedia) Uele or WelleUeleboth: wĕˈlā [key], river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising in NE Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa, and flowing west to merge with the Bomu River and thus form the…Trending
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