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(Encyclopedia)Utah Lake, c.145 sq mi (380 sq km), N central Utah; largest freshwater lake in the state. It drains through the Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake. Utah Lake is what remains of the prehistoric Lake B...Tule Lake National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Tule Lake National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Pavilion Lake
(Encyclopedia)Pavilion Lake, lake, 3.6 mi (5.8 km) long, 2,625 ft (800 m) wide, and 213 ft (65 m) deep at its maximum depth, in Marble Canyon at the S end of the Marble Range near Cache Creek, S British Columbia, C...Kirishima, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Kirishima, Mount, or Kirishimayama, volcanic complex, N of Kagoshima Bay on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Kyushu, S Japan. Consisting of some 30 stratovolcanoes, craters, and ...Dry Tortugas National Park
(Encyclopedia)Dry Tortugas National Park: see under Dry Tortugas. ...Cuyahoga Valley National Park
(Encyclopedia)Cuyahoga Valley National Park kīˌəhōˈgə [key], 32,950 acres (13,334 hectares), in the Cuyahoga River valley between Akron and Cleveland, NE Ohio; est. as a national recreation area 1974, designa...Colonial National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Colonial National Historical Park, 9,350 acres (3,785 hectares), SE Va., mainly on the peninsula between the York and James rivers; created 1930 as Colonial National Monument, renamed 1936. The park e...Channel Islands National Park
(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands National Park: see Channel Islands, California; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Elk Island National Park
(Encyclopedia)Elk Island National Park, 75 sq mi (194 sq km), central Alta., Canada, near Edmonton; est. 1913. It occupies a wooded rolling region in the midst of level farmland. The park is Canada's major fenced p...Independence National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Independence National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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