Texas Red River County, Texas People QuickFactsRed River CountyTexasPopulation, 2005 estimate 13,57522,859,968Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -5.2%9.6%Population,…
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(Encyclopedia) AlpheusAlpheusălfēˈəs [key] or AlfiósAlfiósälfēôsˈ [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Taygetus Mts., S Greece. The longest river in the Peloponnesus, it flows northwest…
(Encyclopedia) DonDondôn [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Pennines, N England. It flows SE through Sheffield, then turns NE and flows past Rotherham and Doncaster to the River Ouse…
(Encyclopedia) SamaraSamarasəmäˈrə [key], river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara.
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(Encyclopedia) Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United…
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