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(Encyclopedia) Henderson. 1 City (2020 pop. 27,801), seat of Henderson co., NW Ky., on the Ohio River, in an oil, coal, tobacco, corn, and livestock…Buryat Republic
(Encyclopedia) Buryat Republic Buryat Republic b&oobreve;ryätˈ [key] or Buryatia…desert
(Encyclopedia) desert, arid region, usually partly covered by sand, having scanty vegetation or sometimes almost none, and capable of supporting only a limited and specially adapted animal population…Ruscha, Ed
(Encyclopedia) Ruscha, Ed (Edward Joseph Ruscha 4th)Ruscha, Edr&oomacr;shāˈ [key], 1937–, American artist, b. Omaha, Neb. He is closely associated with Los Angeles, where he moved to attend (1956…Lhasa
(Encyclopedia) Lhasa or LasaLasalä-sŭ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 118,000), capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, SW China. It is on a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) at an altitude of c.…panda
(Encyclopedia) panda, name for two unrelated nocturnal Asian mammals of the order Carnivora, red pandas, genus Ailurus, and the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Red pandas, also known as lesser…Gansu
(Encyclopedia) Gansu or Kansu Gansu both: gänˈs&oomacr;ˈ [key], province, 141,000 sq mi (365,284 sq km), NW China…Yellowstone National Park
(Encyclopedia) Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau…Vancouver, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 471,844), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver Island and just N of the Wash. border. It is the largest…Addis Ababa
(Encyclopedia) Addis Ababa Addis Ababa ădˈĭs ăbˈəbə [key] [Amharic,=new flower], city (2021 metro. area pop. 5,005,524), capital of Ethiopia. It is situated at c.8,000 ft (…Trending
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