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(Encyclopedia) Sion syôN [key], Ger. Sitten, town (1993 pop. 25,300), capital of Valais canton, SW Switzerland, on the Rhône River. An ancient town, Sion is now a wine and horticultural market center. There are hy...

(Encyclopedia) Zeya zāˈä, Rus. zyāˈə [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Stanovoy Range, Russian Far East, and flowing south to join the Amur River at Blagoveshchensk. It carries gold in its ...

(Encyclopedia) Waxahachie wŏkˌsĭhăchˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 18,168), seat of Ellis co., N Tex.; inc. 1861. A market center (especially for cattle) in the rich blackland prairie, the city also has some indust...

(Encyclopedia) Qostanay, Kostanay, or Kustanay all: ko͝osˌtənīˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 228,000), N Kazakhstan, on the Tobol River. It is an agricultural center and producer of chemical fibers. Rich iron d...

(Encyclopedia) Ringsted rĭngˈstĕᵺ [key], city (1992 pop. 17,457), Vestsjælland co., E Denmark. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region. Ringsted was a place of pagan worship in...

(Encyclopedia) Riverina rĭvˌərēˈnə [key], region, 26,560 sq mi (68,790 sq km), New South Wales, SE Australia. Located S of the Lachlan River in the south central part of the state, Riverina is a rich agricultu...

(Encyclopedia) Ada āˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 16,481), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. The c...

(Encyclopedia) Tarija tärēˈhä [key], city (1992 pop. 90,113), alt. 6,421 ft (1,957 m), capital of Tarija dept., S Bolivia. It was founded in 1574. Tarija lies in a fertile valley in the eastern watershed of the ...

(Encyclopedia) Pitch Lake, pool of pitch (asphalt), c.114 acres (46 hectares), SW Trinidad island, Trinidad and Tobago, near La Brea. The lake is believed to be formed and supplied by the seepage of natural pitch, a...

(Encyclopedia) Ranchi ränˈchē [key], city (1991 pop. 614,795), capital of Jharkhand state, E central India. It is a district administrative center and a health resort, 2,128 ft (647 m) above sea level, in a regio...