(Encyclopedia) esker, long, narrow, winding ridge of stratified sand-and-gravel drift. Eskers, many miles long and resembling abandoned railway embankments, occur in Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland,…
(Encyclopedia) Barnegat BayBarnegat Baybärˈnəgăt [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.30 mi (50 km) long, E N.J., inside Long Beach Island and Island Beach Peninsula. It is a heavily used recreational…
Mollyearly settler, philanthropist Born: 9/12/1839Birthplace: Madison County, Tenn. Daughter of a prominent lawyer, Mary Dyer was 14 when the family moved to Texas. After her parents died, she…
HEALY, Ned Romeyn, a Representative from California; born in Milwaukee, Wis., August 9, 1905; attended the public schools, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., and the University of…
HICKS, Frederick Cocks, (original name, Frederick Hicks Cocks, brother of William Willets Cocks), a Representative from New York; born in Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1872; attended…
ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY? WHAT IS THE OLDEST POEM? WHAT ARE POETIC DEVICES? WHAT IS METER? DO POEMS ALWAYS HAVE RHYME AND RHYTHM? IS A VERSE THE SAME AS A STANZA? FIND OUT MOREPoetry (…
The anole (Anolis Carolinesis), or American chameleon, is a small lizard found in the southeastern United States. Not a true chameleon, the anole is a member of the iguana family and is noted for…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzroy, rivers in Australia. 1 River, 174 mi (280 km) long, formed by the junction of the Dawson and the Mackenzie rivers, E Queensland, Australia, and flowing past Rockhampton to…
(Encyclopedia) Foxe Basin, a widening of the waterway between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula, c.340 mi (550 km) long and c.225 mi (360 km) wide, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The basin is…
(Encyclopedia) OgokiOgokiōgōˈkē [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in lakes W of Lake Nipigon, W central Ont., Canada, and flowing NE to the Albany River. A dam at Waboose Rapids forms a…
