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Assiniboine
(Encyclopedia)Assiniboine əsĭnˈəboin [key], river, 590 mi (950 km) long, rising in S Sask., Canada, and flowing SE into Man. then E to the Red River at Winnipeg; named for the local Native Americans, the Assini...Han, rivers, China
(Encyclopedia)Han. 1 River of S China, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in W Fujian prov. and flowing S through Guangdong prov. to the South China Sea at Shantou; navigable for about 100 mi (160 km) upstream. The dense...Cumberland, river, United States
(Encyclopedia)Cumberland, river, 687 mi (1,106 km) long, rising in E Ky., and winding generally SW through Ky. and Tenn., then NW to the Ohio River near Paducah, Ky.; drains c.18,500 sq mi (47,910 sq km). The devel...Pacific Margin
(Encyclopedia)Pacific Margin, western section of the great North American Cordillera, W United States and W Canada, stretching from SW Alaska to S Calif. It is composed of a central lowland region (Central Valley, ...Carson City
(Encyclopedia)Carson City, city (2020 pop. 58,639), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural ar...Bhaktapur
(Encyclopedia)Bhaktapur bädˈgăˌŭn [key], city, E Nepal, in a valley 4,553 ft (1,401 m) above sea level, ...Lawndale
(Encyclopedia)Lawndale, city (1990 pop. 27,331), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the Centinela valley; inc. 1959. The population of Lawndale grew with the regional development of electronic and aerospace industries f...Atwater
(Encyclopedia)Atwater, city (2020 pop. 31,970), Merced co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1922. It is the processing and commercial center of an irrigated farming area. National wildli...Baldwin Park
(Encyclopedia)Baldwin Park, city (2020 pop. 72,176), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, in the fertile San Gabriel valley; settled 1870, inc. 1956. I...Beth-arabah
(Encyclopedia)Beth-arabah bĕth-ărˈəbə [key], in the Bible, town, in the Jordan valley near Jericho. ...Browse by Subject
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