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Charley Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Charley Wild River: see Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. ...

Alagnak Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Alagnak Wild River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Alatna Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Smoky Hill River

(Encyclopedia)Smoky Hill River, c.560 mi (900 km) long, rising on the Great Plains, E Colo., and flowing E across Kansas to join the Republican River and form the Kansas River at Junction City. The Saline River is ...

Salmon Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Salmon Wild River: see Kobuk Valley National Park. ...

Salt River valley

(Encyclopedia)Salt River valley, irrigated region around the lower course of the Salt River, which rises in mountain streams near the Mogollon Rim of the Mogollon Plateau and flows southwest to join the Gila River ...

Tinayguk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Tlikakila Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Tlikakila Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

Red River Rebellion

(Encyclopedia)Red River Rebellion: see Riel, Louis. ...

Red River Settlement

(Encyclopedia)Red River Settlement, agricultural colony in present Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota. It was the undertaking of Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk. Wishing to relieve the dispossessed and impov...