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badlands

(Encyclopedia)badlands, area of severe erosion, usually found in semiarid climates and characterized by countless gullies, steep ridges, and sparse vegetation. Badland topography is formed on poorly cemented sedime...

Hartford

(Encyclopedia)Hartford. <1> City (2020 pop. 121,054), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown ...

Versailles

(Encyclopedia)Versailles vərsīˈ, Fr. vĕrsīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 91,029), capital of Yvelines dept., N central France. It was an insignificant rural hamlet when Louis XIII constructed a small retreat there ...

Centerville

(Encyclopedia)Centerville, city (2020 pop. 24,240), Montgomery co., SW Ohio, a residential suburb of Dayton; inc. 1879. It has a small industrial park. ...

Milwaukee

(Encyclopedia)Milwaukee mĭlwŏkˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 628,088), seat of Milwaukee co., SE Wis., at the point where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers enter Lake Michigan; inc. 1846. The largest...

Old Faithful

(Encyclopedia)Old Faithful, geyser: see Yellowstone National Park. ...

Bridger, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Bridger, Fort: see Fort Bridger State Park. ...

Rainier, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rainier, Mount: see Mount Rainier National Park. ...

Lassen Peak

(Encyclopedia)Lassen Peak: see under Lassen Volcanic National Park. ...

Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles

(Encyclopedia)Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles: see Phoenix Park murders. ...