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(Encyclopedia) Jordan, river, 60 mi (97 km) long, draining Utah Lake N into Great Salt Lake, N central Utah; it passes through Salt Lake City. Fed by numerous streams flowing off the Wasatch Range, the Jordan is use...

(Encyclopedia) Rock River, c.285 mi (460 km) long, rising in SE Wis. and flowing SW through NW Ill. to the Mississippi River near Rock Island. It flows through a fertile farm area. Rockford, Ill., is the chief city ...

(Encyclopedia) River Brethren, name used to designate certain Christian bodies originating in 1770, during a revival movement among German settlers in E Pennsylvania. In the 1750s, Mennonite refugees from Switzerlan...

(Encyclopedia) Isis: see Thames, river, England. ...

(Encyclopedia) Achelous: see Akhelóos, river, Greece. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nen: see Nene, river, England.

(Encyclopedia) Dnipro, river, Ukraine: see Dnieper. ...

(Encyclopedia) Canton, river, China: see Pearl. ...

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, river: see Gordon, river. ...

(Encyclopedia) Si, river, China: see Xi.