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Poplar Bluff

(Encyclopedia) Poplar Bluff, city (1990 pop. 16,996), seat of Butler co., SE Mo., in the Ozark foothills, on the low bluffs of the Black River near the Ark. line; inc. 1870. It is a trade, shipping,…

Morganton

(Encyclopedia) Morganton, town (1990 pop. 15,085), seat of Burke co., W N.C., on the Catawba River in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mts.; founded 1784, inc. 1885. A lake resort town, it also has…

Rhinebeck

(Encyclopedia) Rhinebeck, village (1990 pop. 2,725), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., in the foothills of the Berkshire Mts. near the Hudson River; settled before 1700, inc. 1834. It is the site of Beekman…

Cîmpina

(Encyclopedia) Cîmpina Cîmpina kŭmˈpēnä [key], town, S central Romania, in Walachia. It is a major petroleum…

Vittorio Veneto

(Encyclopedia) Vittorio VenetoVittorio Venetovēt-tôˈryō vānĕˈtō [key], town (1991 pop. 29,231), Venetia, NE Italy, in the Alpine foothills. It is a secondary industrial and commercial center and a…

Vratsa

(Encyclopedia) VratsaVratsavräˈtsä [key], city (1993 pop. 76,947), NW Bulgaria, in the picturesque foothills of the Balkan Mts. It is a commercial and crafts center and a railway junction. Vratsa has…

Vyatka, river, Russia

(Encyclopedia) VyatkaVyatkavyätˈkə [key], river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, rising in the foothills of the central Urals, E European Russia, and flowing first N, then NW past the city of Kirov, and…

Statesville

(Encyclopedia) Statesville, city (1990 pop. 17,567), seat of Iredell co., W central N.C., on a plateau in the Blue Ridge foothills; founded 1789, inc. 1847. It is a commercial and industrial center…

Serov

(Encyclopedia) SerovSerovsyĕˈrəf [key], city (1989 pop. 104,000), E European Russia, in the eastern foothills of the Urals, on the Kakvy River. A metallurgical center, Serov produces cast iron and…

Glens Falls

(Encyclopedia) Glens Falls, city (2020 pop. 14,830), Warren co., E central N.Y., in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts. and on the Hudson River;…