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(Encyclopedia) North Adams, city (1990 pop. 16,797), Berkshire co., NW Mass., in the Berkshire Hills, on the Hoosic River near the Vt. border; settled c.1737, set off from Adams and inc. 1878. It is…Pool Malebo
(Encyclopedia) Pool Malebo, lakelike expansion of the Congo River, c.320 sq mi (830 sq km), along the Congo (Kinshasa)–Congo (Brazzaville) border, W central Africa, c.350 mi (560 km) from the Congo's…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…Ózd
(Encyclopedia) ÓzdÓzdōzd [key], city (1991 est. pop. 43,020), NE Hungary, near the Slovakian border. The city was a model industrial center under Communist rule, with ironworks, steelworks, and…Qu'Appelle
(Encyclopedia) Qu'AppelleQu'Appellekäpĕlˈ [key], river, c.270 mi (430 km) long, rising in S Sask., Canada, NW of Moose Jaw and flowing generally E through Buffalo Pound Lake and Fishing Lakes, past…Ghat
(Encyclopedia) Ghat or GatGhatboth: gät [key], walled town, SW Libya, in an oasis in the Sahara, near the Algerian border. It formerly was an important caravan center. Ghat was captured by the…Hallein
(Encyclopedia) Hallein Hallein hälˈīn [key], town, in Salzburg prov., W Austria, on the Salzach River, near the…Mansfield, city and district, England
(Encyclopedia) Mansfield, city (71,325) and district, Nottinghamshire, central England, on the western border of Sherwood Forest. The city lies in a coal district, with manufactures of hosiery, shoes…Durance
(Encyclopedia) DuranceDurancedüräNsˈ [key], river, c.180 mi (290 km) long, rising in SE France at the foot of Montgenèvre Pass on the Italian border and flowing southwest then northwest before…Dunajec
(Encyclopedia) DunajecDunajecd&oomacr;näˈyĕts [key], river, 156 mi (250 km) long, rising in the Carpathians, S Poland, and flowing NE past Nowy Sącz into the Vistula River. There are…Trending
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