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Selenga

(Encyclopedia) SelengaSelengasĕlĕng-gäˈ [key], river, 616 mi (992 km) long, rising in the Khangai Mts., NW Republic of Mongolia, and flowing east, then north, across the Mongolian-Russian border to…

Balaton

(Encyclopedia) BalatonBalatonbăˈlətŏn, Hung. bŏˈlŏtôn [key], lake, 230 sq mi (596 sq km), W central Hungary, at the foot of the Bakony Forest. The Zala River is its main tributary; the lake is…

Ghaghara

(Encyclopedia) GhagharaGhagharagägˈərə [key] or GograGhagharagōˈgrä [key], river, major tributary of the Ganges, c.640 mi (1,030 km) long, rising in the Himalayas, SW Tibet region of China, and…

Havel

(Encyclopedia) HavelHavelhäˈfəl [key], river, c.215 mi (350 km) long, rising in the lake region of Mecklenburg, N Germany. It flows generally S through West Berlin to Potsdam where it turns west. At…

Glåma

(Encyclopedia) Glåma or GlommaGlåmaboth: glôˈmä [key], longest river of Norway, c.365 mi (590 km) long, rising in the highlands of Sør-Trøndelag co., SE Norway. It flows generally S past Sarpsborg (…

Dąbrowa Górnicza

(Encyclopedia) Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza dôNbrôˈvä gôrnēˈchä [key], Ger.…

Liao

(Encyclopedia) LiaoLiaolyou [key], principal river of NE China, c.900 mi (1,450 km) long, rising in Inner Mongolia and flowing east then south through the fertile Liao alluvial plain to the Gulf of…

Warta

(Encyclopedia) WartaWartavärˈtä [key], river, c.475 mi (760 km) long, rising in the Jura Krakowska, S Poland, and flowing N and W past Częstochowa and Poznań to the Oder River at Kostrzyn. It is…

Ubangi

(Encyclopedia) UbangiUbangi&oomacr;bängˈgē, y&oomacr;băngˈ– [key], Fr. Oubangui, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, formed on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Central African Republic border, central…

Bielsko-Biała

(Encyclopedia) Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała byĕlˈskô byäˈlä [key], Ger. Bielitz, city, Śląskie prov., S…