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Stanley Falls
(Encyclopedia)Stanley Falls: see Boyoma Falls. ...Iguassú Falls
(Encyclopedia)Iguassú Falls, South America: see Iguaçu Falls. ...Salto Ángel
(Encyclopedia)Salto Ángel, falls, Venezuela: see Angel Falls. ...Cuyahoga Falls
(Encyclopedia)Cuyahoga Falls, city (2020 pop. 48,978), Summit co., NE Ohio, on the Cuyahoga River; inc. 1836. On its course through the city the river drops 220 ft (6...Grand Falls, waterfall, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Grand Falls, Labrador, N.L., Canada: see Churchill Falls. ...Colorado School of Mines
(Encyclopedia)Colorado School of Mines, at Golden; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1874. It was one of the first mineral engineering schools in the United States. It owns extensive experimental and resear...Niagara, river, United States and Canada
(Encyclopedia)Niagara nīăgˈrə [key], river, 34 mi (55 km) long, issuing from Lake Erie between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ont., Canada. It flows north around Grand Island and over Niagara Falls to Lake Ontar...Boise, river, United States
(Encyclopedia)Boise, river, c.160 mi (260 km) long, rising in SW Idaho and flowing west to join the Snake River at the Oregon line. In 1811 the Boise River, originally called Reed's River, was explored by an expedi...Klamath Falls
(Encyclopedia)Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and fa...Saint John, river, United States and Canada
(Encyclopedia)Saint John, river, 418 mi (673 km) long, rising in N Maine and flowing NE to New Brunswick, Canada, then SE below Edmundston, past St. Leonard, Grand Falls, Woodstock, and Fredericton to the Bay of Fu...Browse by Subject
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