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Kyffhäuser

(Encyclopedia) KyffhäuserKyffhäuserkĭfˈhoizər [key], forested mountain, c.1,550 ft (470 m), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is crowned by the two ruined castles of Rothenburg (7th cent.) and…

Scruggs, Earl Eugene

(Encyclopedia) Scruggs, Earl Eugene, 1924–2012, American banjo player, b. Flint Hill, N.C. He developed a distinctive syncopated, three-finger style on the five-string banjo that changed the way it…

Ouachita

(Encyclopedia) OuachitaOuachitawôˈshĭtôˌ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., W Ark. It flows east, southeast, and south through a cotton-producing region of S Arkansas…

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

(Encyclopedia) Rocky Mountain spotted fever, infectious disease caused by a rickettsia. The bacterium is harbored by wild rodents and other animals and is carried by infected ticks of several species…

Changpai

(Encyclopedia) Changpai, mountain range, China: see Changbai.

Altay

(Encyclopedia) Altay: see Altai, mountain system, Asia.

Tsinling

(Encyclopedia) Tsinling, mountain range, China: see Qinling.

Fujiyama

(Encyclopedia) Fujiyama, mountain, Japan: see Fuji, Mount.

Gotthard Tunnel

(Encyclopedia) Gotthard Tunnel: see Saint Gotthard, mountain group.