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Kara

(Encyclopedia) KaraKarakärˈə [key], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between…

Kara Irtysh

(Encyclopedia) Kara Irtysh: see Irtysh, river.

Kara-Kul

(Encyclopedia) Kara-KulKara-Kulkäˌrə-k&oomacr;l [key], mountain lake, c.140 sq mi (360 sq km), Gorno-Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir, near the Chinese border. It is c.12,840 ft (3,900 m)…

Kara Kum

(Encyclopedia) Kara KumKara Kumkärˌə k&oobreve;mˈ [key], two deserts, one in Kazakhstan and one in Turkmenistan. The Caspian Kara Kum or Garagum, the larger desert (c.115,000 sq mi/297,900 sq km…

Kara Sea

(Encyclopedia) Kara SeaKara Seakärˈə [key], Rus. Karskoye More, shallow section of the Arctic Ocean, off N Russia, between Severnaya Zemlya and Novaya Zemlya. It has an average depth of 420 ft (128 m…

Joseph J. DioGUARDI, Congress, NY (1940)

DioGUARDI, Joseph J., a Representative from New York; born in New York City, September 20, 1940; graduated from Fordham Preparatory School, Bronx, N.Y., 1958; B.S., Fordham University, Bronx,…

Aral Kara Kum

(Encyclopedia) Aral Kara Kum, desert, Kazakhstan: see Kara Kum.

Kara-Bogaz-Gol

(Encyclopedia) Kara-Bogaz-Gol: see Garabogazkol, Turkmenistan.

Walker, Kara Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Walker, Kara Elizabeth,1969–, American artist, b. Stockton, Calif., grad. Atlanta College of Art (B.F.A., 1981), Rhode Island School of Design (M.F.A., 1994). Walker is best known for…