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Haut-Zaïre

(Encyclopedia)Haut-Zaïre, region, Zaïre: see Orientale. ...

Kuznetsk

(Encyclopedia)Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia: see Novokuznetsk. ...

Karnatic

(Encyclopedia)Karnatic, historic region, India: see Carnatic. ...

llanos

(Encyclopedia)llanos yäˈnōs [key], Spanish-American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco are a vast, hot reg...

Hakone, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Hakone, Mount: see under Hakone, region, Japan. ...

Futa Jallon

(Encyclopedia)Futa Jallon: see Fouta Djallon, region, Guinea. ...

Mosquitia

(Encyclopedia)Mosquitia, region, Central America: see Mosquito Coast. ...

Sudetenland

(Encyclopedia)Sudetenland, former region, Czechoslovakia: see under Sudetes. ...

Seistan

(Encyclopedia)Seistan, region, Afghanistan and Iran: see Sistan. ...

Eastern Shore

(Encyclopedia)Eastern Shore, the tidewater region along E shore of Chesapeake Bay, including all of Maryland and Virginia E of the bay. The region's economy was historically based largely on agriculture and fishing...

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