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Desaguadero

(Encyclopedia) DesaguaderoDesaguaderodāsägwäᵺāˈrō [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, flowing SE from Lake Titicaca to Lake Poopó, W Bolivia. It is used for irrigation in its northern course. Its…

Dartford

(Encyclopedia) Dartford, city and district, Kent, SE England, near London. Industries include flour milling and the manufacture of paper,…

Château d'If

(Encyclopedia) Château d'IfChâteau d'Ifshätōˌdēfˈ [key], castle built in 1524 on the small rocky isle of If, in the Mediterranean Sea off Marseilles, SE France. Long used as a state prison, it was…

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

(Encyclopedia) Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence älpˌ-də-ōtˌ-prəväNsˈ [key], department, SE France; formerly Basses-Alpes dept. Digne is the capital.

Draguignan

(Encyclopedia) Draguignan Draguignan drägēnyäNˈ [key], town, capital of Var dept., SE France, in Provence. It is a…

Eastpointe

(Encyclopedia) Eastpointe, formerly East Detroit, city (2020 pop. 34,318), Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1925 as Halfway Village…

Don, river, England

(Encyclopedia) DonDondôn [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Pennines, N England. It flows SE through Sheffield, then turns NE and flows past Rotherham and Doncaster to the River Ouse…

Horten

(Encyclopedia) Horten Horten hôrˈtən [key], town, Vestfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Oslofjord (an arm of…

Hamar

(Encyclopedia) Hamar Hamar häˈmär [key], city, capital of Hedmark co., SE Norway, on Lake Mjøsa. It…

Gwent

(Encyclopedia) GwentGwentgwĕnt [key], former county, SE Wales. Created in the 1974 administrative reorganization of Wales from most of Monmouthshire and part of Breconshire, it was dissolved in 1996…