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Koko Nor

(Encyclopedia) Koko Nor, salt lake, China: see Qinghai Hu.

Enriquillo, Lago

(Encyclopedia) Enriquillo, LagoEnriquillo, Lagolägˈō ĕnˌrēkēˈlyō [key], salt lake, SW Dominican Republic, the largest lake of Hispaniola and the Caribbean islands, c.89 ft. (27 m) below sea level.…

land art

(Encyclopedia) land art or earthworks, art form developed in the late 1960s and early 70s by Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, and others, in which the artist employs the elements of…

Salt River valley

(Encyclopedia) Salt River valley, irrigated region around the lower course of the Salt River, which rises in mountain streams near the Mogollon Rim of the Mogollon Plateau and flows southwest to join…

2002 Winter Olympics Leading Medal Winners

Number of medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown on right. USA medalists in bold type. MEN No   Sport G-S-B 4 Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NOR Biathlon 4-0-0 3…

2002 Winter Olympic Medal Sports

  Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Salt Lake City Olympic Firsts Cross Country Skiing Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Luge…

Salzkammergut

(Encyclopedia) SalzkammergutSalzkammergutzältsˈkämˈərg&oobreve;tˌ [key], resort area in Upper Austria, Styria, and Salzburg provs., W Austria. Known since antiquity for its salt mines, the region…

Brewer's: Salt

Flavour, smack. The salt of youth is that vigour and strong passion which then predominates. Shakespeare uses the term on several occasions for strong amorous passion. Thus Iago refers to…

Great Bear Lake

(Encyclopedia) Great Bear Lake, largest lake of Canada and fourth largest of North America, c.12,275 sq mi (31,800 sq km), c.190 mi (310 km) long and from 25 to 110 mi (40–177 km) wide, Northwest…

Bountiful

(Encyclopedia) Bountiful, city (2020 pop. 43,893), Davis co., N central Utah; inc. 1892. It is a residential suburb N of Salt Lake City with some…