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Saimaa
(Encyclopedia) SaimaaSaimaasīˈmä [key], lake system c.1,850 sq mi (4,790 sq km), occupying the heavily glaciated plateau of S central Finland. It comprises more than 120 connecting lakes; the large…Suiyuan
(Encyclopedia) SuiyuanSuiyuanswāˈyüänˈ [key], former province (c.126,000 sq mi/326,340 sq km), N China. The capital was Guisui (Hohhot). The region of Suiyuan, part of Inner Mongolia, is chiefly a…Hinggan Ling, Da
(Encyclopedia) Hinggan Ling, Da, or Great KhinganHinggan Ling, Da,both: hĭngˈgänˈ [key], mountain range, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, NE China, extending c.750 mi (1,210 km) from the Amur River…David, T. W. E.
(Encyclopedia) David, T. W. E. (Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858–1935, Australian geologist and explorer, b. near Cardiff, Wales. David came to Australia in 1882 as an assistant geological…El Alto
(Encyclopedia) El Alto El Alto ĕl älˈtō [key], city, La Paz dept., W Bolivia. A burgeoning suburb of La Paz that…Bay City
(Encyclopedia) Bay City. 1 City (2020 pop. 32,661), seat of Bay co., S Mich., a port of entry on the Saginaw River at its mouth on Saginaw Bay (an…Batlle Ibáñez, Jorge Luis
(Encyclopedia) Batlle Ibáñez, Jorge Luis, 1927–2016, Uruguayan political leader, lawyer, and journalist, president of Uruguay (2000–2005). He was a member of the Colorado party, founded by his great…Pueblo, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) PuebloPueblopwĕbˈlō, py&oomacr;ĕbˈlō [key], city (1990 pop. 98,640), seat of Pueblo co., S central Colo., on the Arkansas River in the foothills of the Rockies; inc. 1885. It is…Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 132.4 sq mi (343 sq km), in the San Luis Valley of S Colorado; est. as a national monument 1932, designated a national park 2004. Lying in…monazite
(Encyclopedia) monazitemonazitemŏnˈəzīt [key], yellow to reddish-brown natural phosphate of the rare earths, mainly the cerium and lanthanum metals, usually with some thorium. Yttrium, calcium, iron…Trending
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