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Xining

(Encyclopedia)Xining or Sining both: shēˈnĭngˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 569,800), capital of Qinghai prov., W China, on the Xining River. For centuries it has been the major commercial hub on the caravan rou...

Parrsboro

(Encyclopedia)Parrsboro, town (1991 pop. 1,634), N N.S., Canada, a port on the north shore of Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy. It is a local tourist center and an export point for lumber and plywood. ...

Wolfville

(Encyclopedia)Wolfville, town (1991 pop. 3,475), W central N.S., Canada, on the southwest shore of Minas Basin. It is a market center for a dairy, fruit-growing, and wine-producing area. Acadia Univ. (1839) is the ...

Bighorn, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Bighorn, river, 461 mi (741 km) long, formed in W central Wyo. by the confluence of the Wind and Pop Agie rivers and flowing north to join the Yellowstone River in S Mont. The Bighorn basin, part of t...

Kiselevsk

(Encyclopedia)Kiselevsk kēsĭˈlyôfskˌ [key], city (1989 pop. 128,000), S Siberian Russia. It is a major coal-mining center in the Kuznetsk Basin and also manufactures mining machinery. ...

Sulzbach

(Encyclopedia)Sulzbach zo͝oltsˈbäkh [key], city (1994 pop. 20,038), Saarland, SW Germany; chartered 1946. It was formerly an industrial center of the Saar coal basin. ...

Kostyantynivka

(Encyclopedia)Kostyantynivka kəstyäntēˈnəfkə [key], Rus. Konstantinovka, city (1989 pop. 108,000), in the Donets Basin of Ukraine. It is an iron, zinc, steel, and glass making center. ...

Selous Game Reserve

(Encyclopedia)Selous Game Reserve, the world's largest game reserve, 11,512 sq mi (29,816 sq km), S Tanzania; est. c.1900. It is located in the Rufiji River basin and includes grasslands and forests. There are many...

Kramatorsk

(Encyclopedia)Kramatorsk krəmətôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 200,000), in the Donets Basin of Ukraine. It is a major center of heavy machinery manufacture, and has factories that produce ceramics and coal deriva...

Belovo

(Encyclopedia)Belovo byĕlôˈvə [key], city, S central Siberian Russia. One of the largest industrial cen...