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Donets Basin
(Encyclopedia) Donets BasinDonets Basindənyĕtsˈ [key], abbreviated as DonbasDonbasdənbäsˈ [key], industrial region (c.10,000 sq mi/25,900 sq km), E Ukraine and SW European Russia, N of the Sea of…Komi Republic
(Encyclopedia) Komi Republic, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,270,000), c.160,000 sq mi (414,400 sq km), NE European Russia. Syktyvkar is the capital. The region is a wooded lowland, stretching…tar and pitch
(Encyclopedia) tar and pitch, viscous, dark-brown to black substances obtained by the destructive distillation of coal, wood, petroleum, peat, and certain other organic materials. The heating or…Ruhr
(Encyclopedia) RuhrRuhrr&oobreve;r [key], region, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany; a principal manufacturing center of Germany. The Ruhr lies along, and north of,…Fushun
(Encyclopedia) Fushun Fushun f&oomacr;ˈsh&oomacr;nˈ [key], city, NE Liaoning prov., China, in a highly…Qaraghandy
(Encyclopedia) Qaraghandy or KaragandaKaragandaboth: kärˌəgänˈdə [key], city (1993 est. pop. 596,000), in central Kazakhstan, on the Trans-Kazakhstan RR. It consists of about 50 coal-mining…Cheremkhovo
(Encyclopedia) CheremkhovoCheremkhovochĕrĭmkôˈvə [key], city (1989 pop. 74,000), SE Siberian Russia, on the Trans-Siberian RR. The center of the Cheremkhovo coal basin, the city forms part of a minor…Beckley
(Encyclopedia) Beckley, city (2020 pop. 17,286), seat of Raleigh co., S W.Va.; inc. 1927. Beckley's major industries include tourism, agriculture (…Avilés
(Encyclopedia) Avilés Avilés ävēlāsˈ [key], town Oviedo prov., NW Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. Coal was long a major export, but coal mining is now in decline…Longyearbyen
(Encyclopedia) LongyearbyenLongyearbyenlôngˈyērbüˌən [key], town and administrative center of Svalbard, on Isfjorden, Spitsbergen island. It was founded (1905) as a coal-mining settlement by an…Trending
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