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Assiniboine

(Encyclopedia) AssiniboineAssiniboineəsĭnˈəboin [key], river, 590 mi (950 km) long, rising in S Sask., Canada, and flowing SE into Man. then E to the Red River at Winnipeg; named for the local Native…

Cumberland, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Cumberland, river, 687 mi (1,106 km) long, rising in E Ky., and winding generally SW through Ky. and Tenn., then NW to the Ohio River near Paducah, Ky.; drains c.18,500 sq mi (47,910…

Han, rivers, China

(Encyclopedia) Han. 1 River of S China, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in W Fujian prov. and flowing S through Guangdong prov. to the South China Sea at Shantou; navigable for about 100 mi (160 km)…

Carson City

(Encyclopedia) Carson City, city (2020 pop. 58,639), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and…

Bhaktapur

(Encyclopedia) Bhaktapur Bhaktapur bŭkˈtəp&oobreve;rˌ [key] or Bhadgaon…

Baldwin Park

(Encyclopedia) Baldwin Park, city (2020 pop. 72,176), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, in the fertile San Gabriel valley; settled…

Lawndale

(Encyclopedia) Lawndale, city (1990 pop. 27,331), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the Centinela valley; inc. 1959. The population of Lawndale grew with the regional development of electronic and…

Atwater

(Encyclopedia) Atwater, city (2020 pop. 31,970), Merced co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1922. It is the processing and commercial center of an irrigated farming area…

Beth-arabah

(Encyclopedia) Beth-arabahBeth-arabahbĕth-ărˈəbə [key], in the Bible, town, in the Jordan valley near Jericho.