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Seyhan

(Encyclopedia)Seyhan sāhänˈ [key], river, c.320 mi (515 km) long, rising in the Anti-Taurus Mts., central Turkey, and flowing SW to the Mediterranean Sea. Dams provide irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectri...

Rønne

(Encyclopedia)Rønne röˈnə [key], city (1992 pop. 14,389), capital of Bornholm co., extreme E Denmark, on Bornholm Island, a port on the Baltic Sea; founded 1327. It is an industrial, fishing, and tourist center...

San Pedro de Macorís

(Encyclopedia)San Pedro de Macorís sän pāˈᵺrō ᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 123,987), SE Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Higuamo River. It is the nation's leading sug...

Bashan

(Encyclopedia)Bashan bāˈshän [key], fertile plain E of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee from the latitude of Haifa northward to that of Tyre. According to Hebrew tradition, it was conquered by the Israelites an...

Sikar

(Encyclopedia)Sikar sēˈkər [key], walled town (1991 pop. 148,272), Rajasthan state, NW India. Sikar, c.1,500 ft (460 m) above sea level, is a district administrative center and a market for grain and tobacco. Th...

Rhyl

(Encyclopedia)Rhyl rĭl [key], town (1991 pop. 22,714), Denbighshire, N Wales, on the Irish Sea at the mouth of the Clwyd River. A seaside resort, it was at its height in the 1960s and 70s, but suffered when Britis...

Sulawesi

(Encyclopedia)Sulawesi sĕlˈəbēz [key], island (1990 pop. 12,511,163), c.73,000 sq mi (189,070 sq km), largest island in E Indonesia, E of Borneo, from which it is separated by the Makasar Strait. Extremely irre...

seaweed

(Encyclopedia)seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to...

Filchner, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Filchner, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm fĭlkhˈnər [key], 1877–1957, German explorer, geophysicist, and travel writer. He led several expeditions to China and Tibet, where he established magnetic stations, ...

Isfjorden

(Encyclopedia)Isfjorden ēsˌfyôrˈdən [key] [Ice Fjord], inlet of the Greenland Sea and largest fjord of Spitsbergen island, Svalbard, Norway, 65 mi (105 km) long and from 8 to 20 mi (12.8–32 km) wide. It rece...