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Banff
(Encyclopedia) Banff Banff bămf, bănf [key], town, SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., on the Bow River and the…Rockaway
(Encyclopedia) Rockaway, narrow peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, SW Long Island, SE N.Y., in Queens borough of New York City. Separating Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean and isolated from the rest…Kicking Horse
(Encyclopedia) Kicking Horse, river of SE British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Rocky Mts., and flowing SW and NW to Golden, where it enters the Columbia River. Its course is rapid, with several…Arnhem Land
(Encyclopedia) Arnhem Land, 37,100 sq mi (96,089 sq km), N Northern Territory, Australia, on a wide peninsula W of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The great majority of the region belongs to the Arnhem Land…Gros Morne
(Encyclopedia) Gros MorneGros Mornegrō môrn [key], mountain, 2,644 ft (806 m) high, W Newfoundland island, Canada, in the Long Range N of Bonne Bay; second highest point on Newfoundland. Gros Morne…Hobart, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Hobart Hobart hōˈbərt [key], city (2020 pop. 27,817), Lake co., extreme NW Ind.; settled c.1849…Apeldoorn
(Encyclopedia) Apeldoorn Apeldoorn äˈpəldōrn [key], city, Gelderland prov., central Netherlands. It has a variety of manufactures, including paper. The city is a…Peak District
(Encyclopedia) Peak District or The Peak, dissected plateau, c.30 mi (50 km) long and 22 mi (35 km) wide, Derbyshire, central England, forming the southern extremity of the Pennines. Kinderscout (2,…Hetch Hetchy Valley
(Encyclopedia) Hetch Hetchy Valley, in Yosemite National Park, central Calif., on the Tuolumne River. It once rivaled Yosemite Valley in beauty and grandeur. O'Shaughnessy Dam (completed 1923; enl.…Yamagata
(Encyclopedia) Yamagata, city (1990 pop. 249,487), capital of Yamagata prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. The city produces consumer goods, computer equipment, and cast metal and is the site of Yamagata…Trending
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