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Omo

(Encyclopedia)Omo, river, c.500 mi (805 km) long, central and SW Ethiopia. Rising in the highlands south of Mt. Gorochan, some 40 mi (64 km) ENE of Nekemte, it flows generally south, receiving the Gojeb and Gibe ri...

Boulder City

(Encyclopedia)Boulder City, residential city (2020 pop. 16,701), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959. Built (1932) by the federal government as hea...

Churchill, rivers, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Churchill. 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series of lakes to Chur...

Buchans

(Encyclopedia)Buchans, town, central Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Red Indian Lake. It has a large mine that yields lead, silver, zinc, and copper. ...

crannog

(Encyclopedia)crannog: see lake dwelling.

Neyriz

(Encyclopedia)Neyriz, lake: see Bakhtegan.

Bodensee

(Encyclopedia)Bodensee: see Constance, Lake. ...

Kioga

(Encyclopedia)Kioga: see Kyoga, lake, Africa.

Kammersee

(Encyclopedia)Kammersee, lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut. ...

Hungtse

(Encyclopedia)Hungtse, lake, China: see Hongze.