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Pohang

(Encyclopedia) PohangPohangpôˈhängˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 508,983), North Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) prov., SE South Korea, on Yeongil (Yongil) Bay of the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). A fishing port and…

Batley

(Encyclopedia) Batley, town, Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England. Heavy woolens, shoddy, and other textiles are the chief manufactures;…

Bilauktaung

(Encyclopedia) BilauktaungBilauktaungbēloukˈtoun [key], mountain range, extending c.250 mi (400 km) along the Thailand-Myanamar border from the Dawna Range SE to the Isthmus of Kra. The western…

monitor, type of warship

(Encyclopedia) monitor, type of turreted warship (no longer used) carrying heavy guns, having little draft, and lying low in the water. Monitors were so called from the first of the class, the…

wolverine

(Encyclopedia) wolverine or glutton, largest member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo, found in the northern parts of North America and Eurasia, usually in high mountains near the timberline or in…

Marais des Cygnes

(Encyclopedia) Marais des CygnesMarais des Cygnesmĕrˈē də sēn [key], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in E central Kans., SW of Topeka, and flowing SE into W Mo. to join the Little Osage River…

Namsos

(Encyclopedia) NamsosNamsosnämˈsōs [key], town (1995 pop. 12,300), Nord-Trøndelag co., W Norway, a port at the mouth of the Namsen River on the Namsenfjord. In World War II, Namsos was the scene (…

Cheboksary

(Encyclopedia) CheboksaryCheboksarychĕbəksäˈrē [key], city (1989 pop. 420,000), capital of Chuvash Republic, NW European Russia, a port on the Volga River. Both a heavy industrial and an agricultural…

Sambre

(Encyclopedia) SambreSambresäNˈbrə [key], river, 120 mi (193 km) long, rising in N France and flowing NE to the Meuse River at Namur, SE Belgium. Canalized along most of its length, the river…

Calumet, region, United States

(Encyclopedia) CalumetCalumetkălˈy&oomacr;mĕtˌ [key], industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Once a great heavy industry and steel manufacturing…