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Sakarya

(Encyclopedia) SakaryaSakaryasäkäryäˈ [key], anc. Sangarius, river, c.490 mi (790 km) long, rising on the Anatolian plateau, NW Turkey. It flows generally north in a series of huge bends past…

Acireale

(Encyclopedia) Acireale Acireale äˌchērāäˈlā [key], city, E Sicily, Italy. Beautifully situated on a volcanic plateau near Mt. Etna and near the Ionian Sea, Acireale has…

Golan

(Encyclopedia) GolanGolangōˈlən [key], in the Bible, refuge city, located in the tribal territory of Manasseh E of the Jordan; it was also a levitical city. Golan gives its name to the rocky plateau…

Geology of the Grand Canyon: The Eocene.

THE CRETACEOUS.THE EOCENE.The foreground of the picture is full of strength and animation. At our feet is the brink of a precipice where the profiles descend 800 feet upon rugged sloped…

Mancha, La

(Encyclopedia) Mancha, LaMancha, Lalä mänˈchä [key], historic region of central Spain, in historic New Castile, comprising Ciudad Real prov. and part of the provinces of Toledo, Albacete, and Cuenca…

Alaska Range

(Encyclopedia) Alaska Range, S central Alaska, rising to the highest mountain in North America, Denali (Mt. McKinley; 20,310 ft/6,190 m). The range divides S central Alaska from the great plateau of…

puna

(Encyclopedia) punapunap&oomacr;ˈnä [key], high plateau region, 12,000 to 16,000 ft (3,658–4,877 m) high, between ridges of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. Arid, cold, and in general, covered by…

Peak District

(Encyclopedia) Peak District or The Peak, dissected plateau, c.30 mi (50 km) long and 22 mi (35 km) wide, Derbyshire, central England, forming the southern extremity of the Pennines. Kinderscout (2,…

Ogooué

(Encyclopedia) Ogooué or OgoweOgoweboth: ōgōwāˈ [key], river, c.560 mi (900 km) long, rising on the Batéké Plateau, SW Congo (Brazzaville). It flows NW and W across Gabon to the Gulf of Guinea, near…

Vitim

(Encyclopedia) VitimVitimvētyēmˈ [key], river, c.1,140 mi (1,830 km) long, rising in the Transbaykalian Mts., E Siberian Russia, in the Buryat Republic, and flowing S, NE, then N into the Lena River…