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Kyoga

(Encyclopedia) Kyoga or KiogaKiogakyōˈgä [key], lake, c.100 mi (160 km) long, formed by the Victoria Nile, S central Uganda, E Africa. It occupies part of the same depression as Lake Victoria, to…

Liguasan Marsh

(Encyclopedia) Liguasan MarshLiguasan Marshlĭgwəsänˈ, lĭgwäˈsän [key], extensive swamp region, c.25 mi (40 km) long and 20 mi (30 km) wide, along the Pulangi River, S central Mindanao, the…

Suwannee

(Encyclopedia) SuwanneeSuwanneeswôˈnē, swäˈ– [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Okefenokee Swamp, SE Ga., and winding generally S through N Fla. to the Gulf of Mexico; it is dredged…

Karkheh

(Encyclopedia) KarkhehKarkhehkärˈkĕ [key], ancient Choaspes, river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W Iran, and flowing S into the Khuzestan lowland, where it forms a swamp…

Saint Marys, rivers, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Saint Marys. 1 River, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Okefenokee Swamp, SE Ga., and flowing, with a great southern bend, E to the Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Georgia–Florida…

bog

(Encyclopedia) bog, very old lake without inlet or outlet that becomes acid and is gradually overgrown with a characteristic vegetation (see swamp). Peat moss, or sphagnum, grows around the edge of…

Hazleton

(Encyclopedia) Hazleton Hazleton hāˈzəltən [key], city (2020 pop. 29,963), Luzerne co., E Pa., on a mountain top in…

Shebele, Webe

(Encyclopedia) Shebele, WebeShebele, Webewĕˈbē shābĕlˈē [key], or Webi ShibeliShebele, Webeshēbāˈlē [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, rising near Mt. Guramba, central Ethiopia, E Africa, and…

South Kingstown

(Encyclopedia) South KingstownSouth Kingstownkĭngˈstən, kĭngzˈtounˌ [key], town (1990 pop. 24,631), seat of Washington co., S R.I.; settled 1641, inc. 1674 as Kings Towne, divided into South…

Zayandeh Rud

(Encyclopedia) Zayandeh RudZayandeh Rudzīyändĕˈ r&oobreve;d [key] or Zaindeh RudZayandeh Rudzīndĕˈ [key], river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W central Iran, and flowing…