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(Encyclopedia) esker, long, narrow, winding ridge of stratified sand-and-gravel drift. Eskers, many miles long and resembling abandoned railway embankments, occur in Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland,…Eastmain
(Encyclopedia) EastmainEastmainēstˈmān [key], river, c.510 mi (820 km) long, rising in the Otish Mts., central Que., Canada, and flowing W into James Bay. Three miles (4.8 km) from its mouth is East…Snorri Sturluson
(Encyclopedia) Snorri Sturluson or SturlesonSnorri Sturluson or Sturlesonsnôrˈrē stürˈlüsôn, –lĕsôn [key], 1178–1241, Icelandic chieftain, historian, critic, and saga teller, the leading figure in…La Tour, Georges de
(Encyclopedia) La Tour, Georges deLa Tour, Georges dezhôrzh də lä t&oomacr;r [key], 1593–1652, French painter. By 1618 he was settled at Lunéville, in his native Lorraine. He bore the title of…Colorado: Persons per square mile, 2000
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(Encyclopedia) JipijapaJipijapahēpēhäˈpä [key], city (1990 pop. 32,225), W Ecuador, on the equatorial lowlands. A few miles inland from the Pacific, Jipijapa is famous for the manufacture of high-…Thapsacus
(Encyclopedia) ThapsacusThapsacusthăpˈsəkəs [key], ancient city, N central Syria, on the Euphrates. It was at a ford in the river, which was the chief crossing for many hundreds of miles and was used…Asa
(Encyclopedia) AsaAsaāˈsə [key], in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of…Maipú
(Encyclopedia) MaipúMaipúmīp&oomacr;ˈ [key], battlefield, central Chile, a few miles S of Santiago. On Apr. 5, 1818, San Martín routed the Spanish royalist army at Maipú and assured Chilean…cathode-ray tube
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cathode-ray tube cathode-ray tube (CRT), special-purpose electron tube in which electrons are accelerated by high-voltage anodes, formed into a beam by focusing electrodes, and…Trending
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