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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Larache
(Encyclopedia) LaracheLaracheläräshˈ [key], Arab. Al Araish, city (1994 pop. 98,755), N Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Vegetables, cork, wool, and timber are exported. The Phoenicians founded a…Eshtemoa
(Encyclopedia) EshtemoaEshtemoaĕshˈtēmōˈə [key]. City, S ancient Palestine, near Hebron in the mountains. It is mentioned several times in the Bible; it is called EshtemohEshtemoa–mōˈ [key] in the…Fertile Crescent
(Encyclopedia) Fertile Crescent, historic region of the Middle East. A well-watered and fertile area, it arcs across the northern part of the Syrian desert. It is flanked on the west by the…Aubervilliers
(Encyclopedia) Aubervilliers Aubervilliers ōbervēlyāˈ [key], town, Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, NE of Paris. It is an important industrial center where…Montmorency, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) MontmorencyMontmorencymŏntˌmərĕnˈsē [key], town, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Montmorency rivers; now part of the municipality of Beauport. It is a suburb…Australian Alps
(Encyclopedia) Australian Alps, chain of mountain ranges, SE Australia, in the state of Victoria and New South Wales, making up the southern part of the Eastern Highlands and forming the watershed…Beauharnois
(Encyclopedia) Beauharnois Beauharnois bōhärˈnwä [key], city, S Que., Canada, on Lake St. Louis, a broadening of the…Vrindaban
(Encyclopedia) VrindabanVrindabanvrĭnˌdəbŭnˈ [key], formerly Brindaban, town, Uttar Pradesh state, central India, on the Yamuna River. Legends about the youth of the Hindu god Krishna center about…Woodland
(Encyclopedia) Woodland, city (1990 pop. 39,802), seat of Yolo co., N central Calif., in a fertile farm area yielding tomatoes, wheat, rice, beans, vegetables, walnuts, almonds, melons, safflower,…Trending
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