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Great Sandy Desert
(Encyclopedia) Great Sandy Desert, Australia's second-largest desert, c.110,000 sq mi (284,900 sq km), Western Australia and Northern Territory. Lying between the Tanami Desert (NE) and the Gibson…Utah, University of
(Encyclopedia) Utah, University of, at Salt Lake City; coeducational; state supported; opened 1850, chartered 1851 as Univ. of Deseret, closed 1851–67. It was empowered to give degrees in 1884 and…brine shrimp
(Encyclopedia) brine shrimp, common name for a primitive crustacean that seldom reaches more than 1&fslsh;2 in. (1.3 cm) in length and is commonly used for fish food in aquariums. Brine shrimp,…Dasht-e Kavir
(Encyclopedia) Dasht-e KavirDasht-e Kavirdäsht-ēkävērˈ [key], great salt desert, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.200 mi (320 km) wide, SE of the Elburz Mts., N central Iran. It is a huge basin of…2002 Men's Olympic Alpine Skiing Medalists
Downhill Time 1 Fritz Strobl, AUT 1:39.13 2 Lasse Kjus, NOR 1:39.35 3 Stephan Eberharter, AUT 1:39.41 Top 10 USA: 9th, Marco Sullivan (1:40.37). Slalom…Saginaw, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Saginaw, river, 22 mi (35 km) long, formed by the confluence of eight branches, SE Mich. The river drains a large area of lower Michigan and flows into Saginaw Bay (c.60 mi/100 km long…Bingham Canyon
(Encyclopedia) Bingham Canyon or Bingham, uninc. village, N central Utah, near Tooele, in a canyon of the Oquirrh Mts. SW of Salt Lake City. At first (1848) a farm of the Mormons Thomas and Sanford…Utah Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures
Utah is a diverse U.S. state located in the western part of the country, bordered by Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wyoming. The state is a magnificent place to visit, with…A Great Transaction in Land
Chapter 2 A Great Transaction in Land The people of the young Republic of the United States were greatly astonished, in the summer of 1803, to learn that Napoleon Bonaparte,…Mareotis
(Encyclopedia) MareotisMareotismârēōˈtĭs [key] or MaryutMaryutmärˈy&oomacr;t [key], salt lake, c.95 sq mi (250 sq km) excluding marshes, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. It is separated from the…Trending
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