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Big Bend Ranch State Park
(Encyclopedia)Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas: see under Big Bend National Park. ...Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Saint Lawrence Islands National Park
(Encyclopedia)Saint Lawrence Islands National Park, 1,000 acres (405 hectares), S Ont., Canada, in the Thousand Islands; est. 1904. It includes 17 wooded Canadian islands and some adjacent mainland between Kingston...Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Prince Edward Island National Park
(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island National Park, 7 sq mi (18 sq km), NW P.E.I., Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; est. 1937. It extends 25 mi (40 km) along the coast and contains sand dunes, cliffs, salt marshe...River Raisin National Battlefield Park
(Encyclopedia)River Raisin National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Drakensberg Range
(Encyclopedia)Drakensberg Range dräˈkənzbûrg, Afrik. –bĕrkh [key], South Africa and Lesotho, extending 700 mi (1,127 km) NE–SW in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, and Free State. The Zulu name ...Milton Keynes
(Encyclopedia)Milton Keynes mĭlˈtən kēnzˈ [key], borough and unitary authority (2011 pop. 248,821), S central England. Milton Keynes was designated one of the new towns in 1967 to alleviate overpopulation in L...Ocala
(Encyclopedia)Ocala ōkălˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 42,045), seat of Marion co., N central Fla.; inc. 1868. It is a trade and processing center for citrus fruit, vegetables, and truck farm goods. The surrounding ...Aso-san
(Encyclopedia)Aso-san äˈsō-sän [key] or Mount Aso, volcanic mountain, central Kyushu, Japan. Aso-san is topped by one of the world's largest calderas (circumference 75 mi/121 km) that contains five volcanic con...Browse by Subject
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