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Chemung

(Encyclopedia) ChemungChemungshĭmŭngˈ [key], river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, formed in S central N.Y. by the junction of the Cohocton and Tioga rivers near Corning, N.Y., and flowing SE past Elmira to…

Dalton

(Encyclopedia) Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly…

Kafue

(Encyclopedia) KafueKafuekäf&oomacr;ˈā [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising along the Zambia-Congo border, S central Africa, near Lubumbashi, and meandering through central Zambia to the…

Diyala

(Encyclopedia) DiyalaDiyaladĭyăˈlă, –ˈə [key], river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising as the Sirvan River in NW Iran and flowing SW through the Zagros Mts. into E Iraq, where it enters the Tigris…

Elizabethtown

(Encyclopedia) Elizabethtown, city (2020 pop. 31,394), seat of Hardin co., central Ky.; inc. 1797. Originally developed as a trade center for…

Fergana

(Encyclopedia) Fergana or Ferghana Fergana both: fyĕrgənäˈ [key], city, capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in…

Mount Revelstoke National Park

(Encyclopedia) Mount Revelstoke National ParkMount Revelstoke National Parkrĕvˈəlstōkˌ [key], 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River…

Atrato

(Encyclopedia) AtratoAtratoäträˈtō [key], river, c.415 mi (670 km) long, rising in the Cordillera Occidental, W Colombia. It meanders north, across the base of the Isthmus of Panama, to the Gulf of…

Succoth

(Encyclopedia) SuccothSuccothsŭkˈŏth [key], in the Bible. 1 City, ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan, by the Jabbok River, where Jacob paused on his return to his native land. Through it Gideon…

Bei

(Encyclopedia) BeiBeipā, bā [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed by the union of two headstreams in the Nanling Mts., N Guangdong prov., S China. It flows S into the Xi River, E of Guangzhou…