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John Wild River

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

Alatna Wild River

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

Tinayguk Wild River

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

Steele, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Steele, Mount, 16,624 ft (5,067 m) high, in the St. Elias Mts., SW Yukon, Canada, in Kluane National Park near the Alaska line; one of Canada's tallest peaks. ...

Amherstburg

(Encyclopedia)Amherstburg, industrial town, S Ont., Canada, on the Detroit River. Fort Malden, built (1797–99) to replace a post lost when Detroit was ceded to the United States, is now within a natio...

Ayers Rock

(Encyclopedia)Ayers Rock, monolith, Australia: alternative name for Uluru. See Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park. ...

Kivu, region, Congo

(Encyclopedia)Kivu kēˈvo͞o, kēvo͞oˈ [key], region, c.89,000 sq mi (230,510 sq km), E Congo (Kinshasa). It borders on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika on the east. Kivu is divided into three provin...

Channel Islands, California

(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands or Santa Barbara Islands sănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast from Point Conceptio...

North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River

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

Ten Thousand Islands

(Encyclopedia)Ten Thousand Islands, group of small islands in the Gulf of Mexico, off SW Fla., covered with mangrove forests and surrounded by clam beds. Most of the islands are in Everglades National Park. ...