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World Series 2008 by the Numbers

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Record of World Series Games World Series Club Standings World Series Single Game and Single Series Records Our National Pastime 30…

Kansas City

(Encyclopedia) Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte…

Queensland

(Encyclopedia) Queensland, state (2016 pop. 4,703,193), 667,000 sq mi (1,727,200 sq km), NE Australia. Brisbane is the capital; other important cities are Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Townsville,…

São Paulo

(Encyclopedia) São PauloSão PaulosouN pouˈ l&oobreve; [key], state (1996 pop. 34,055,715), 95,713 sq mi (247,897 sq km), SE Brazil. It is Brazil's most populous and economically important state.…

South Australia

(Encyclopedia) South Australia, state (2016 pop. 1,676,653), 380,070 sq mi (984,381 sq km), S central Australia. It is bounded on the S by the Indian Ocean. Kangaroo Island and many smaller islands…

Water Supply of the World

The Antarctic Icecap is the largest supply of fresh water, representing nearly 2% of the world's total of fresh and salt water. As can be seen from the table below, the amount of water in our…

Tokyo

(Encyclopedia) TokyoTokyotōˈkēō [key], city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. The Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the…

America's Ten Most Endangered Rivers, 2011

Each year the organization American Rivers analyzes the condition of the nation's rivers to determine which are the most “endangered.” Threats to these rivers include dams and channelizations that…

Kansas City, Mo.

Mayor: Sylvester "Sly" James, Jr. (to 2015)City Manager: Troy Schulte (apptd. November 2009)2010 census population (rank): 459,787 (37); Male: 2223,183 (48.5%); Female: 236,604 (51.5%);…