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Kinneret, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Kinneret, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...Hwang-hai
(Encyclopedia)Hwang-hai: see Yellow Sea, China. ...McMurdo Sound
(Encyclopedia)McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: see Ross Sea. ...Bothnia, Gulf of
(Encyclopedia)Bothnia, Gulf of: see Baltic Sea. ...Tiberias, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Tiberias, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...Ito
(Encyclopedia)Ito, city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Izu Peninsula and the Sagami Sea. It is an important fishing port and hot spring resort. ...Port Said
(Encyclopedia)Port Said bo͝or [key], city (1986 pop. 469,533), NE Egypt, a port on the Mediterranean Sea at the entrance to the Suez Canal. It is a fueling point for ships using the canal and is the site of the ma...Qumran
(Encyclopedia)Qumran ko͞omränˈ [key], ancient village on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is famous for its caves, in some of which the Dead Sea Scrolls were...Arkhangelsk
(Encyclopedia)Arkhangelsk ärkˈānˌjəl [key], city (1990 est. 418,000), NW European Russia, on the Northern Dvina near its mouth at the White Sea. Although icebound much of the year, it is a leading Russian port...needlefish
(Encyclopedia)needlefish, common name for members of the family Belonidae, which comprises species of elongated, surface-swimming predaceous fish abundant in warm seas. They have beaklike jaws armed with sharp teet...Browse by Subject
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