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Mangaluru
(Encyclopedia)Mangaluru, formerly Mangalore măng-gəlôrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 273,000), Karnataka state, SW India, on the Arabian Sea. A port, it trades in spices, rice, fish, nuts, and cardamom. Manufactures ...Kaolack
(Encyclopedia)Kaolack kouˈläk [key], city (1988 pop. 150,961), W Senegal, a port on the Saloum River. Lying in a farm area, Kaolack is a major peanut marketing and exporting center and has a large peanut oil fact...Central Utah project
(Encyclopedia)Central Utah project, N central Utah; begun 1959 near Vernal, Utah, by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in conjunction with the Colorado River storage project. Water, collected from streams in the Uinta...Townsville
(Encyclopedia)Townsville, city (1991 pop. 186,757), NE Queensland, Australia, on Cleveland Bay. It is a major port. Wool, hides, meat, copper, and sugar are the chief exports. Copper and sugar refining, meat and fi...Bonifacio
(Encyclopedia)Bonifacio bōnēfäˈchö [key], town (1993 est. pop. 2,701), S Corsica, France. A picturesque port with trade in olive oil, wine, and fish, Bonifacio faces Sardinia across the Strait of Bonifacio (7 ...Balaton
(Encyclopedia)Balaton băˈlətŏn, Hung. bŏˈlŏtôn [key], lake, 230 sq mi (596 sq km), W central Hungary, at the foot of the Bakony Forest. The Zala River is its main tributary; the lake is drained by the Sió ...Dean, Bashford
(Encyclopedia)Dean, Bashford, 1867–1928, American zoologist and armor expert, b. New York City, grad. College of the City of New York, 1886, Ph.D. Columbia, 1890. He taught zoology at Columbia (1891–1927), serv...Ensenada
(Encyclopedia)Ensenada entsənädə [key], city, Baja California state, NW Mexico. Developed in the 19th ce...Great Southern Reef
(Encyclopedia)Great Southern Reef, rocky reef complex, c. 27,000 sq mi (70,000 sq km), extending almost 5,000 mi (8,100 km) along S and SW Australia coast, from Brisbane to Perth. The reef's temperate marine ecosys...Funchal
(Encyclopedia)Funchal fo͞onshälˈ [key], city, capital of Funchal dist., on Madeira island, Portugal. A busy ...Browse by Subject
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