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Skagit

(Encyclopedia)Skagit skăjˈĭt [key], river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Cascade Range, British Columbia, and flowing SW through Wash. into Puget Sound. Gorge High Dam, Diablo Dam, and Ross Dam provide e...

San Angelo

(Encyclopedia)San Angelo săn ănˈjəlō [key], city (1990 pop. 84,474), seat of Tom Green co., W Tex., where two forks join to form the Concho River; laid out 1869, inc. 1903. It is an important wool and mohair m...

Albert Nyanza

(Encyclopedia)Albert Nyanza, E Africa: see Albert, Lake. ...

Hamilton Inlet

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton Inlet: see Melville, Lake, Canada. ...

Maryut

(Encyclopedia)Maryut, salt lake, Egypt: see Mareotis. ...

Markermeer

(Encyclopedia)Markermeer, lake, the Netherlands: see IJsselmeer. ...

Léman, Lac

(Encyclopedia)Léman, Lac: see Geneva, Lake, Switzerland. ...

Wallensee

(Encyclopedia)Wallensee: see Wallenstadt, Lake of, Switzerland. ...

Valaam

(Encyclopedia)Valaam, island, Russia: see Ladoga, Lake. ...

Birket Qarun

(Encyclopedia)Birket Qarun, lake, Egypt: see Moeris. ...
 

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