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Passaic, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Passaic, river, c.80 mi (130 km) long, rising near Morristown, NE N.J., and flowing with a winding course NE then S past several industrial towns to Newark Bay. It is navigable by large vessels to the...

Kashiwazaki

(Encyclopedia)Kashiwazaki käshēwäˈzäkē [key], city (1990 pop. 88,309), Niigata prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Japan Sea. A resort town known for its hot springs, Kashiwazaki produces petrochemicals...

West Covina

(Encyclopedia)West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Primarily residential, the city has light manufacturing, including power transforme...

Snowy Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Snowy Mountains, range of the Australian Alps, SE Australia. It is the site of the Snowy Mts. Hydroelectric Scheme, Australia's most extensive hydroelectricity and irrigation complex. The scheme was b...

Umeälv

(Encyclopedia)Umeälv üˈmə ĕlv [key], river, c.285 mi (460 km) long, rising in N Sweden in a lake on the Norwegian border. It flows SE through Storuman and Overuman lakes to the Gulf of Bothnia at Umeå. The Vi...

Sakarya

(Encyclopedia)Sakarya säkäryäˈ [key], anc. Sangarius, river, c.490 mi (790 km) long, rising on the Anatolian plateau, NW Turkey. It flows generally north in a series of huge bends past Adapazari to the Black Se...

Shire

(Encyclopedia)Shire or Shiré both: shēˈrā [key], river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, flowing from the southern end of Lake Nyasa, Malawi, SE Africa, to the Zambezi River in central Mozambique. It is navigable to Nsa...

Charles XI, king of Sweden

(Encyclopedia)Charles XI, 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), son and successor of Charles X. Charles ascended the throne at the age of five, so a council of regency ruled until 1672. The regency ended Swedish w...

Hébert, Jacques René

(Encyclopedia)Hébert, Jacques René zhäk rənāˈ ābĕrˈ [key], 1757–94, French journalist and revolutionary. An ardent supporter of the French Revolution, he gained the support of the working classes through...

Nobunaga

(Encyclopedia)Nobunaga (Nobunaga Oda) nōbo͞onäˈgä ōdäˈ [key], 1534–82, Japanese military commander. The son of a daimyo, Nobunaga greatly expanded his father's holdings, becoming master of three provinces...