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Shaoguan
(Encyclopedia) ShaoguanShaoguanshouˈgwänˈ [key] or KukongShaoguankükˈgôngˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 403,900), N Guangdong prov., SE China, on the Bei (North) River and the Guangzhou-Wuhan RR. It…Kansas, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Kansas or Kaw, river, 170 mi (274 km) long, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers in NE Kansas and flowing E to the Missouri River at Kansas City; the system…Lipton, Seymour
(Encyclopedia) Lipton, Seymour, 1903–86, American sculptor, b. New York City. Self-taught as a sculptor, Lipton worked directly in sheet metals and molten alloys, creating organically twisting forms…Liri
(Encyclopedia) LiriLirilēˈrē [key], river, 98 mi (158 km) long, rising in the Apennines, in Latium, central Italy, and flowing generally SE to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Below its junction with the Rapido…Lundy's Lane
(Encyclopedia) Lundy's Lane, locality in S Ontario just W of the Niagara Falls, scene of a stubborn engagement of the War of 1812, fought July 25, 1814. The American forces commanded by Gen. Winfield…Nizhni Tagil
(Encyclopedia) Nizhni TagilNizhni Tagilnyēzhˈnyē təgēlˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 440,000), E European Russia, in the central Urals, on the Tagil River. A leading metallurgical and heavy industry center…Marne, river, France
(Encyclopedia) Marne, river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Langres plateau, NE France, and flowing in an arc generally NW to the Seine River near Paris. It passes through Chaumont and Châlons…Dewsbury
(Encyclopedia) Dewsbury Dewsbury dy&oomacr;zˈbərē [key], town, Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England,…Darlington
(Encyclopedia) Darlington, city and borough, NE England, on the Skerne River near its junction with the Tees River. Darlington was a railroad center,…Zhuzhou
(Encyclopedia) Zhuzhou or ChuchowZhuzhouboth: j&oomacr;ˈjōˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 476,800), E central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River. It is a railroad center for lines running north…Trending
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