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Scioto

(Encyclopedia) SciotoSciotosīōˈtə [key], river, 237 mi (381 km) long, rising in W Ohio near Indian Lake and flowing east, then turning south to pass through Columbus and Chillicothe and enter the…

Seyhan

(Encyclopedia) SeyhanSeyhansāhänˈ [key], river, c.320 mi (515 km) long, rising in the Anti-Taurus Mts., central Turkey, and flowing SW to the Mediterranean Sea. Dams provide irrigation, flood control…

Cape Fear River

(Encyclopedia) Cape Fear River, 202 mi (325 km) long, formed in E central N.C. by the junction of the Deep and Haw rivers, and flowing southeast to enter the Atlantic Ocean S of Wilmington and N of…

Damodar

(Encyclopedia) DamodarDamodardäˈmōdär [key], river, 370 mi (595 km) long, rising in Jharkhand state, E India, and flowing SE through West Bengal state to join the Hugli River below Kolkata (Calcutta…

Durgapur

(Encyclopedia) Durgapur Durgapur d&oobreve;rˈgäp&oobreve;r [key], city, West Bengal state, E central India, on…

Lewis, rivers, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Lewis. 1 Early name of the Snake River. 2 River, c.95 mi (155 km) long, rising in the Cascade Range, SW Wash., and flowing SW to the Columbia River NW of Vancouver. Three privately…

Sun, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Sun, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., NW Mont., and flowing generally E to the Missouri River at Great Falls. The Sun River project of the U.S. Bureau of…

Snowy Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Snowy Mountains, range of the Australian Alps, SE Australia. It is the site of the Snowy Mts. Hydroelectric Scheme, Australia's most extensive hydroelectricity and irrigation complex.…

Nechako

(Encyclopedia) NechakoNechakonĭchăkˈō [key], river, 287 mi (462 km) long, rising in Tetachuck and Ootsa lakes, central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing NE, then E to the Fraser River at Prince…

Nazas

(Encyclopedia) NazasNazasnäˈsäs [key], river, c.180 mi (290 km) long, rising in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango state, N Mexico, and flowing generally east to disappear into the ground near…