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cline

(Encyclopedia)cline, in biology, any gradual change in a particular characteristic of a population of organisms from one end of the geographical range of the population to the other. Gradients of characteristics us...

Alwand

(Encyclopedia)Alwand äˈvänd [key], mountain, c.11,600 ft (3,540 m) high, W Iran. It bears cuneiform inscriptions of Darius I and Xerxes I. ...

Issyk-Kol

(Encyclopedia)Issyk-Kol or Ysyk Köl both: ēsĭkˈ-ko͞ol [key], lake, E Kyrgyzstan, in the Alatau Mts. At an altitude of c.5,300 ft (1,620 m) and with an area of c.2,400 sq mi (6,220 sq km), it is one of the larg...

Innuitians

(Encyclopedia)Innuitians ĭnyo͞oĭshˈənz [key], mountain range, stretching c.800 mi (1,290 km) through the Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, N Canada. Largely unexplored, the range runs NE f...

Helvellyn

(Encyclopedia)Helvellyn hĕlvĕlˈĭn [key], mountain, 3,118 ft (950 m) high, in the Lake District, NW England, SE of Keswick. Near the summit is a memorial to Charles Gough, who died (1805) there of exposure. He w...

Horgan, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Horgan, Paul (Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan), 1903–95, American writer, b. Buffalo, N.Y. His diverse works reflect his fascination with the effects of history and landscape on people. Amo...

Grossglockner

(Encyclopedia)Grossglockner grōsˈglôknər [key], peak, 12,460 ft (3,797 m) high, in Tyrol, S Austria, the highest point in the Hohe Tauern range and in Austria. It is traversed by the Grossglocknerstrasse (built...

Gastonia

(Encyclopedia)Gastonia găstōˈnēə [key], city (2020 pop. 80,411), seat of Gaston co., SW N.C.; inc. 1877. ...

Aukrust, Olav

(Encyclopedia)Aukrust, Olav ōˈläv ouˈkro͝ost [key], 1883–1929, Norwegian lyric poet. Aukrust's work, which contains strong religious and nationalist sentiment, draws much of its inspiration from Norway's pea...

Öraefajökull

(Encyclopedia)Öraefajökull öˈrīväyöˌkütəl [key], mountain, Vatnajökull National Park, SE Iceland, rising from the Vatnajökull glacier. Öraefajökull is an ice-covered, three-peaked volcano. The largest...