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(Encyclopedia) PharrPharrfär [key], city (1990 pop. 32,921), Hidalgo co., extreme S Tex.; inc. 1916. It is located in the irrigated region of the lower Rio Grande valley. Transportation equipment and…soman
(Encyclopedia) soman, colorless liquid used as a nerve gas. It boils at 167℃, evolving an odorless vapor. It is rapidly absorbed through the skin; death may result within 15 min of exposure. In…Guernsey cattle
(Encyclopedia) Guernsey cattle, breed of dairy cattle developed on the islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Sark near the north coast of France. First imported to the United States in about 1830, they…Caniapiscau
(Encyclopedia) CaniapiscauCaniapiscaukănyəpĭsˈkôˌ [key], river, c.575 mi (930 km) long, issuing from Caniapiscau Lake, NE Que., Canada. It flows generally NW past Fort Mackenzie and joins the Mélèzes…Buto
(Encyclopedia) ButoButoby&oomacr;ˈtō [key], ancient city, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. The precise location is uncertain. Capital of Lower Egypt in prehistoric times (before 3100 b.c.), it had a…Branson, Edwin Bayer
(Encyclopedia) Branson, Edwin Bayer, 1877–1950, American geologist, b. Belleville, Kans., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1905. He taught at Oberlin College (1905–10) and from 1910 was professor of geology…blizzard
(Encyclopedia) blizzard, winter storm characterized by high winds, low temperatures, and driving snow; according to the official definition given in 1958 by the U.S. Weather Bureau, the winds must…Languedoc
(Encyclopedia) LanguedocLanguedocläNgdôkˈ [key], region and former province, S France, bounded by the foot of the Pyrenees, the upper Garonne River, the Auvergne Mts., the Rhône, and the…septic tank
(Encyclopedia) septic tank, underground sedimentation tank in which sewage is retained for a short period while it is decomposed and purified by bacterial action. The organic matter in the sewage…Minho, river, Spain
(Encyclopedia) MinhoMinhoSpan mēnˈyō, Port. mēnˈy&oomacr; [key], Span. Miño, river, c.210 mi (340 km) long, rising in Galicia, NW Spain, and flowing generally SW to the Atlantic Ocean. The Sil is…Trending
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