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Bad Nauheim

(Encyclopedia) Bad Nauheim Bad Nauheim bät nouˈhīm [key], town, Hesse, central Germany, in the Taunus Mts. It is a…

Cheonan

(Encyclopedia) Cheonan or Chonan Cheonan chônˈänˈ [key], city, South Chungcheong prov., W South Korea. It is a…

Harrogate

(Encyclopedia) Harrogate Harrogate hărˈōgĭt, –gāt [key], city, North Yorkshire, N central England. It is residential…

Royal Leamington Spa

(Encyclopedia) Royal Leamington SpaRoyal Leamington Spalĕmˈĭngtən [key], town (1991 pop. 42,953), Warwickshire, central England, on the Leam River, a tributary of the Avon. The town, with its mineral…

Royal Tunbridge Wells

(Encyclopedia) Royal Tunbridge Wells, town (1991 pop. 57,699), Kent, SE England. Mineral springs were discovered in 1606, and the town developed as a fashionable inland resort. Visitors have included…

Bagnères-de-Luchon

(Encyclopedia) Bagnères-de-LuchonBagnères-de-Luchonbänyĕrˌ-də-lüshôNˈ [key], town, Haute-Garonne dept., S France, at the foot of the Maladetta Mts. It is an important resort in the Pyrenees. Its warm…

Beppu

(Encyclopedia) Beppu Beppu bāpˈp&oomacr; [key], city, Oita prefecture, NE Kyushu, Japan, on Beppu Bay. It is a…

Tsavo National Park

(Encyclopedia) Tsavo National ParkTsavo National Parktsäˈvō [key], 8,034 sq mi (20,808 sq km), SE Kenya; est. 1948. Located on the semiarid plains, it is a sanctuary for the large animals of E Africa…

Big Spring

(Encyclopedia) Big Spring, city (2020 pop. 26,144), seat of Howard co., W central Tex.; inc. 1907. The spring for which it was named once fed a branch…

Salton Sea

(Encyclopedia) Salton SeaSalton Seasôlˈtən [key], saline lake, 370 sq mi (958 sq km), northern part of the Imperial Valley, SE Calif.; 232 ft (71 m) below sea level. The area was anciently the…