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Osage, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Osage, river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Marais des Cygnes and the Little Osage rivers, W Mo. It flows NE to join the Missouri River near Jefferson City.…

Manicouagan

(Encyclopedia) ManicouaganManicouaganmănĭkwägˈən [key], river, 310 mi (499 km) long, rising in E central Que., Canada, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence River near Baie Comeau. The river is an…

Kafue

(Encyclopedia) KafueKafuekäf&oomacr;ˈā [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising along the Zambia-Congo border, S central Africa, near Lubumbashi, and meandering through central Zambia to the…

Estrela, Serra da

(Encyclopedia) Estrela, Serra daEstrela, Serra dasĕrˈrə ᵺə əshtrāˈlə [key], mountain range, central Portugal. It rises to 6,532 ft (1,991 m) in Malhão da Estrela, Portugal's highest peak. The range…

Feather

(Encyclopedia) Feather, river, 80 mi (129 km) long, rising in three forks in the Sierra Nevada, uniting N of Oroville, Calif., and flowing S into the Sacramento River, N of Sacramento, Calif. The…

Boise project

(Encyclopedia) Boise project, in the Boise, Payette, and Snake river valleys, SW Idaho and E Oregon; developed in 1905 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for irrigation, hydroelectricity, flood…

Waikato

(Encyclopedia) WaikatoWaikatowīˈkäˌtō [key], river, 264 mi (425 km) long, rising in Lake Taupo, central North Island, New Zealand, and flowing NW into the Tasman Sea. It is New Zealand's longest…

Trollhättan

(Encyclopedia) TrollhättanTrollhättantrôlˈhĕˌtän [key], city (1990 pop. 40,180), Älvsborg co., S Sweden, on the Götaälv River near Lake Vänern. The Götaälv River, which falls 108 ft (33 m) in about 1…

Kootenai, river, Canada and the United States

(Encyclopedia) KootenaiKootenaik&oomacr;ˈtĭnā [key], river, 407 mi (655 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., SE British Columbia, Canada. It flows S into NW Montana, NW through N Idaho, then N…

Dolomites

(Encyclopedia) Dolomites or Dolomite Alps, Alpine group, N Italy, between the Isarco and Piave rivers, named for the dolomitic limestone of which it is composed. Famous for their strikingly bold…