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Taos, town, United States
(Encyclopedia)Taos tous [key], town (1990 pop. 4,065), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), seat of Taos co., N N.Mex., between the Rio Grande and the Sangre de Cristo Mts.; founded c.1615, inc. 1934. In an area of pueblos a...Colatina
(Encyclopedia)Colatina ko͝olətēˈnä [key], city, Espiritu Santo state, E central Brazil, on the Doce River. ...Havelange, João
(Encyclopedia)Havelange, João (Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange), 1916–2016, Brazilian business and sports executive, b. Rio de Janeiro. An Olympic swimmer (1936) and water polo player (1952), he was a ...Içá
(Encyclopedia)Içá, river, Brazil: see Putumayo. ...Belém
(Encyclopedia)Belém pəräˈ [key], city, capital of Pará state, N Brazil, on the Pará River. Belém, th...Putumayo
(Encyclopedia)Putumayo ēsäˈ [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Colombia, and flowing SE to the Amazon in NW Brazil. Mostly navigable, it marks part of Colombia's boundary with Ecuad...Equatorial Guinea
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Equatorial Guinea gĭnˈē [key], officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, republic (2021 est. pop. ...pororoca
(Encyclopedia)pororoca, tidal bore: see Amazon, river, Brazil; bore. ...New Mexico
(Encyclopedia) CE5 New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bord...Izabal
(Encyclopedia)Izabal ēsäbälˈ [key], lake, c.30 mi (48 km) long and 15 mi (24 km) wide, E Guatemala, largest lake in the country. Known also as the Golfo Dulce, it drains to the Caribbean Sea through the Golfete...Browse by Subject
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