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Sassafras Mountain

(Encyclopedia) Sassafras Mountain, peak, 3,560 ft (1,085 m) high, NW S.C., in the Blue Ridge Mts., near the N.C. and Ga. lines. It is the highest point in South Carolina.

sassafras

(Encyclopedia) sassafras: see laurel.

laurel, in botany

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sassafras, Sassafras albidum, a member of the laurel family laurel, common name for the Lauraceae, a family of forest trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical SE Asia but also…

Mountains

Mountains exist on all the continents of the earth. Many of the world's mountains lie in two great belts. The Circum-Pacific chain, often called the Ring of Fire, runs from the west coast of…

Mountains Quiz

Geography Quiz Country CapitalsContinentsMountains Rivers and LakesFlagsIn which country is Mount Fuji located? Japan Peru North Korea In which country is Mont Blanc located? Finland Fiji France…

Measuring Mountains

The world's highest peak and past pretenders to the throne by Borgna Brunner   A view of Everest from Thangboche Monastery. Related Links Everest Almanac A History of…

Poem: The Mountain

Poem 64 Poem 66 The Mountain The mountain sat upon the plain In his eternal chair, His observation omnifold, His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed around his knees, Like children…

Fire on the Mountain

Directors/Producers: Beth Gage and George GageWriter: Beth GageEditors: Scott Conrad and Krysia CarterMusic: Todd BartonFirst Run Features; NR; 72 minutesRelease: 12/96With: Steve Kanaly and…

Brewer's: Mountain

(The) or Montagnards. The extreme democratical party in the first French Revolution; so called because they seated themselves on the highest benches of the hall in which the National…