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Boyoma Falls

(Encyclopedia) Boyoma FallsBoyoma Fallsbōyōˈmə [key], formerly Stanley Falls, seven cataracts on the Lualaba River, extending c.60 mi (100 km) between Kisangani and Ubundu, N central Congo (Kinshasa…

Strawberry valley project

(Encyclopedia) Strawberry valley project, N central Utah, developed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for irrigating lands S of Utah Lake; constructed 1906–13. The water of Strawberry River and its…

Battleford

(Encyclopedia) Battleford Battleford bătˈəlfərd, –fôrdˌ [key], town, N central Sask.,…

Conway, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Conway, city (2020 pop. 43,167), seat of Faulkner co., central Ark., in a farm and cotton area; inc. 1873. It is a trade and industrial…

Alajuela

(Encyclopedia) AlajuelaAlajuelaälähwāˈlä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 48,645), capital of Alajuela prov., central Costa Rica. In the Central Valley, it is a leading commercial center for the sugar and…

Fianarantsoa

(Encyclopedia) Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa fyänäränts&oomacr;ˈə, –tsōˈə [key], town…

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…

economic planning

(Encyclopedia) economic planning, control and direction of economic activity by a central public authority. In its modern usage, economic planning tends to be pitted against the laissez-faire…

Ket

(Encyclopedia) KetKetkĕˈtyə [key], river, c.845 mi (1,360 km) long, W central Siberian Russia. It rises in central Siberia, just N of Krasnoyarsk, and flows NW and W into the Ob. The Ket is navigable…

Kasai, river, Angola

(Encyclopedia) Kasai or Cassai, river, c.1,100 mi (1,800 km) long, rising in central Angola, S central Africa, flowing E, N, and NW through W Congo (Kinshasa) to the Congo River; it forms part of the…