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Camargue

(Encyclopedia)Camargue kämärgˈ [key], alluvial lowland, c.215 sq mi (560 sq km), Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, in the Rhône delta. Formed by sedimentation, it has numerous shallow lagoons cut off from the...

Yingkou

(Encyclopedia)Yingkou or Yingkow both: yĭng-kō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 465,700), S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liao River near its mouth on the Bohai. It is on the South Manchurian RR in an area producing r...

Bié Plateau

(Encyclopedia)Bié Plateau or Bihé Plateau both: byĕ [key], highland region, western section of the central plateau of Angola, SW Africa; alt. 5,000 to 6,000 ft (1,520–1,830 m). Its cool climate and ample rainf...

Campos

(Encyclopedia)Campos kämˈpo͝os [key], city, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near ...

Rosetta

(Encyclopedia)Rosetta räshēdˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 51,789), N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. The city once dominated the region's rice market; rice milling and fish processing are the main industries of moder...

quinoa

(Encyclopedia)quinoa kēnwäˈ [key], tall annual herb (Chenopodium quinoa) of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), whose seeds have provided a staple food for peoples of the higher Andes since pre-Columbi...

Kumbakonam

(Encyclopedia)Kumbakonam ko͝ombəkōˈnəm [key], city (1991 pop. 150,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on the Kaveri River. Its district, in the richest part of the river delta, has one of the highest population ...

Modesto

(Encyclopedia)Modesto mōdĕsˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 164,278), seat of Stanislaus co., central Calif., on the Tuolumne River, near the northern end of the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1884. The center of a farming...

Mahanadi

(Encyclopedia)Mahanadi məhäˈnədē [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, rising in S Chhattisgarh state, central India, and flowing north then east through a gorge in the Eastern Ghats, across Odisha (Orissa) st...

Mangaluru

(Encyclopedia)Mangaluru, formerly Mangalore măng-gəlôrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 273,000), Karnataka state, SW India, on the Arabian Sea. A port, it trades in spices, rice, fish, nuts, and cardamom. Manufactures ...