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Alatna Wild River

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

Hudson River school

(Encyclopedia)Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United States by such w...

French Broad River

(Encyclopedia)French Broad River, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., W N.C., and flowing N and then NW to Knoxville, E Tenn., where it joins with the Holston to form the Tennessee River. The Frenc...

Grand River Dam

(Encyclopedia)Grand River Dam: see Pensacola Dam. ...

John Wild River

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

Mulchatna Wild River

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

Little Red River

(Encyclopedia)Little Red River, 105 mi (169 km) long, rising in the Boston Mts., NW Ark., and flowing SE to the White River. Greers Dam and reservoir (completed 1964) provide flood control and hydroelectric power. ...

Kobuk Wild River

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

Buffalo National River

(Encyclopedia)Buffalo National River, Ark.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cape Fear River

(Encyclopedia)Cape Fear River, 202 mi (325 km) long, formed in E central N.C. by the junction of the Deep and Haw rivers, and flowing southeast to enter the Atlantic Ocean S of Wilmington and N of Cape Fear; longes...