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(Encyclopedia) Yalong or Ya-lungYalongboth: yäˈl&oomacr;ngˈ [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Kunlun Mts., S Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing S across W Sichuan prov. to…Agustini, Delmira
(Encyclopedia) Agustini, DelmiraAgustini, Delmiradĕlmēˈrä äg&oomacr;stēˈnē [key], c.1886–1914, Uruguayan poet. Essentially a poet of ideas, Agustini combined deep spiritual and erotic yearnings…Plymouth Sound
(Encyclopedia) Plymouth Sound, deep inlet of the English Channel, Devon and Cornwall, SW England. It is a famous roadstead and forms a bay c.3 mi (5 km) wide. It receives the Tamar River through the…Baroda
(Encyclopedia) Baroda Baroda bərōˈdə [key], former native state, now incorporated in Gujarat state, W central…Pend Oreille Lake
(Encyclopedia) Pend Oreille LakePend Oreille Lakepŏnˌdərāˈ [key], 148 sq mi (383 sq km), 65 mi (105 km) long, and 1,200 ft (366 m) deep, N Idaho; largest lake in Idaho and one of the largest and…Sickert, Walter Richard
(Encyclopedia) Sickert, Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter. After a brief career on the stage Sickert was apprenticed to Whistler and later worked with Degas. His preferred subjects were…samadhi
(Encyclopedia) samadhisamadhisəmäˈdē [key], a state of deep absorption in the object of meditation, and the goal of many kinds of yoga. In Buddhism the term refers to any state of one-pointed…Nasser, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Nasser, Lake, c.1,550 sq mi (4,010 sq km), on the Nile River, SE Egypt and N Sudan, known as Lake Nubia in Sudan. Created in the 1960s, it extends c.350 mi (560 km) behind Aswan High…Reventazón
(Encyclopedia) ReventazónReventazónrāvāntäsōnˈ [key], river, c.85 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Meseta Central, E Costa Rica, and flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea, N of Limón. The Reventazón is…Freeport, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Freeport. 1 City (2020 pop. 23,973), seat of Stephenson co., NW Ill., on the Pecatonica River; inc. 1850. It is a trade and…Trending
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