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Bolan Pass
(Encyclopedia)Bolan Pass or Bholan Pass both: bōlänˈ [key], gap in the central Brahui Range, W Pakistan; c.60 mi (100 km) long, alt. 5,880 ft (1,792 m). A railroad and highway cross the pass en route to the Afgh...Zugspitze
(Encyclopedia)Zugspitze tso͞okˈshpĭtˈsə [key], mountain, 9,721 ft (2,963 m) high, in the Bavarian Alps and on the German–Austrian border; highest peak of Germany. A cog-and-pinion railroad and a cable car sy...Cedar Falls
(Encyclopedia)Cedar Falls, city (2020 pop. 40,713), Black Hawk co., N Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. 1854. It developed as a milling center in the late 19th-century a...Baer, George Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Baer, George Frederick bâr [key], 1842–1914, American financier, b. Somerset co., Pa. Baer became legal adviser to J. Pierpont Morgan and held many posts as a key figure in the railroad-and-coal em...Semmering
(Encyclopedia)Semmering zĕmˈərĭng [key], scenic resort region of the Eastern Alps, E Austria. The Alps there are crossed by the Semmering Pass, 3,215 ft (980 m) high and 275 ft (84 m) long. Beneath it runs the ...Balkash, city, Kazakhstan
(Encyclopedia)Balkash bäl-käshˈ [key], city, in Kazakhstan, on the north shore of Lake Balkash. A railroad terminus and port, ...Jones, Casey
(Encyclopedia)Jones, Casey, 1864–1900, American locomotive engineer celebrated in ballad and song, probably b. Jordan, Fulton co., Ky. His real name was John Luther Jones, but at the age of 17 he went to Cayce, K...Wichita, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Wichita wĭchˈĭtô [key], city (1990 pop. 304,011), seat of Sedgwick co., S central Kans., at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers; inc. 1870. It is the chief commercial and ind...Comilla
(Encyclopedia)Comilla kōmĭlˈə [key], city, E Bangladesh, on the Gumti River. An administrative center on ...Gonda
(Encyclopedia)Gonda gōnˈdə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Sarayu River and the Luckno...Browse by Subject
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