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Albert, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Albert, Lake, or Albert NyanzaAlbert Nyanzanīănˈzə, nyänˈzä [key], 2,064 sq mi (5,346 sq km), on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Uganda border, E central Africa. The lake is c.100 mi (160 km)…Cúcuta
(Encyclopedia) Cúcuta Cúcuta k&oomacr;ˈk&oomacr;tä [key], city, capital of Norte de Santander dept., NE…Hari Rud
(Encyclopedia) Hari RudHari Rudhäˈrē r&oomacr;d [key], river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising in the Kuh-e Baba range, central Afghanistan, and flowing west and then north into the steppes S of…Hamun-i-Helmand
(Encyclopedia) Hamun-i-HelmandHamun-i-Helmandhäm&oomacr;nˈ-ē-hĕlˈmänd [key] or Sistan LakeHamun-i-Helmandsēstänˈ [key], marshy lake in the Sistan, c.5,000 sq mi (12,950 sq km), on the Iran-…Hindu Kush
(Encyclopedia) Hindu KushHindu Kushhĭnˈd&oomacr; k&oobreve;sh [key], a high mountain system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) W from the Pamir Knot, N Pakistan, into NE Afghanistan; rising to 25,…Horn, Gyula
(Encyclopedia) Horn, Gyula, 1932–2013, Hungarian political leader, b. Budapest, grad. Don Rostov College, Russia. In 1956 he joined Hungary's Communist party and helped crush the anti-Soviet uprising…Itaipú Dam
(Encyclopedia) Itaipú DamItaipú Damētīˈp&oomacr; [key], hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River, on the Brazil-Paraguay border. Jointly constructed (1975–91) by Brazil and Paraguay, it is the…Malmédy
(Encyclopedia) MalmédyMalmédymälmādēˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 10,291), Liège prov., E Belgium, near the German border. Economic mainstays are tourism and the manufacture of beer, paper, and tanning…McDougall, William, Canadian statesman
(Encyclopedia) McDougall, William, 1822–1905, Canadian leader in the movement for Canadian confederation, b. Ontario. He was elected (1858) to the Legislative Assembly, and in 1864 he entered the “…Chattahoochee
(Encyclopedia) ChattahoocheeChattahoocheechătˌəh&oomacr;ˈchē [key], river, 436 mi (702 km) long, rising in N Ga., and flowing generally SW to the Ala.-Ga. border and then S along it to join the…Trending
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