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Diourbel

(Encyclopedia)Diourbel dyo͝orbĕlˈ [key], town (1988 pop. 76,548), W Senegal, on the railroad from Dakar to the Niger River in Mali. The market for a peanut-growing region, it produces peanut oil as well as bever...

Comilla

(Encyclopedia)Comilla kōmĭlˈə [key], city, E Bangladesh, on the Gumti River. An administrative center on ...

Chesterfield

(Encyclopedia)Chesterfield, city and district, Derbyshire, central England. An important industrial center, Chesterfield produces mining equipment, railroad cars, met...

Escanaba

(Encyclopedia)Escanaba ĕskənäˈbə [key], city (2020 pop. 12,450), seat of Delta co., W Upper Peninsula, N ...

Hohe Tauern

(Encyclopedia)Hohe Tauern hōˈə touˈərn [key], range of the Eastern Alps, S Austria, extending c.70 mi (110 km) E from the Italian border. It rises to 12,460 ft (3,798 m) in the Grossglockner. The Tauern railro...

Gonda

(Encyclopedia)Gonda gōnˈdə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Sarayu River and the Luckno...

Junín, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia)Junín ho͞onēnˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 70,138), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina, on the Salado River. It is a busy commercial center for an agricultural and livestock area. There are important rail...

Ohio and Erie Canal

(Encyclopedia)Ohio and Erie Canal, former waterway of Ohio, 307 mi (494 km) long, between Lake Erie at Cleveland and the Ohio River at Portsmouth; built 1825–32. It utilized part of the courses of the Cuyahoga, M...

La Tuque

(Encyclopedia)La Tuque lä tük [key], town (1991 pop. 10,003), S Que., Canada, on the St. Maurice River, NW of Quebec. La Tuque, in a lumbering and farming region, was established as a trading post in the French p...

Konotop

(Encyclopedia)Konotop kŏnətŏpˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 96,900), N Ukraine, on the Ezuch River. It is a rail junction and agricultural center with railroad repair shops and an electromechanics industry. Kono...