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Mulchatna Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Mulchatna Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

Niger, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Niger nīˈjər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central Mali the Niger forms...

Morey, Charles Rufus

(Encyclopedia)Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877–1955, American art historian, b. Hastings, Mich. Morey was considered one of the foremost medievalists of his time. His principal works include Early Christian Art (2d ed....

Eliot, Charles William

(Encyclopedia)Eliot, Charles William, 1834–1926, American educator and president of Harvard, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1853. In 1854 he was appointed tutor in mathematics at Harvard and in 1858 became assistant p...

Tinayguk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Alatna Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Kobuk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Kobuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

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