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South El Monte

(Encyclopedia) South El Monte, city (1990 pop. 20,850), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel Valley; inc. 1958. Manufactures include transportation equipment, electrical and plastic products…

Charles Linza McNARY, Congress, OR (1874-1944)

Senate Years of Service: 1917-1944 Party: Republican; Republican McNARY Charles Linza , a Senator from Oregon; born on a farm near Salem, Marion County, Oreg., June 12, 1874; attended the public…

Sanger

(Encyclopedia) Sanger, city (1990 pop. 16,839), Fresno co., S central Calif., in the San Joaquin Valley; inc. 1911. It is a shipping and processing center for a variety of agricultural products.…

Campbell, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Campbell, city (2020 pop. 43,959), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in the fertile Santa Clara valley; founded 1885, inc. 1952. The city's…

Marghilon

(Encyclopedia) MarghilonMarghilonmärˌgəlŏnˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 124,847), E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley. It is a center for textile and silk industries.

Gihon

(Encyclopedia) GihonGihongīˈhŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 One of the four rivers of Eden. 2 Spring, in the Qidron valley.

Three Pagodas Pass

(Encyclopedia) Three Pagodas Pass, mountain pass, alt. 925 ft (282 m), at the southern end of the Dawna Range, on the Myanmar-Thailand border. It has long been the chief route between SE Myanmar and…

Senegal, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia) SenegalSenegalsĕnĭgôlˈ, sĕnˈĭgôl [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed in SW Mali, W Africa, by the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers, both of which rise in the…

Red River, river, China and Vietnam

(Encyclopedia) Red River, Chinese Yuan Chiang, Vietnamese Song Hong, chief river of N Vietnam, 730 mi (1,175 km) long, rising in Yunnan prov., S China, and flowing southeast, in deep, narrow gorges,…

Kern

(Encyclopedia) Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley…