Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) John Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kobuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fall River, industrial city (2020 pop. 94,000), Bristol co., SE Mass., a port of entry on Mt. Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River; settled 1656,...

(Encyclopedia) blowgun, hollow tube from which a dart or an arrow is blown by a person's breath. The arrow was usually tipped with a poison, such as curare, which would stun or kill the struck prey. Blowguns were wi...

(Encyclopedia) Yellow River, China: see Huang He. ...

(Encyclopedia) Persian art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in the region of Asia traditionally known as Persia and now called Iran. Bounded by fierce mountains and deserts, the high plateau of...

(Encyclopedia) Hungry Horse Dam, 564 ft (172 m) high and 2,115 ft (645 m) long, NW Mont. on the southern fork of the Flathead River. A major unit in the development program for the Columbia River basin, it was built...

(Encyclopedia) Plate, River: see Plata, Río de la. ...

(Encyclopedia) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, self-sustaining public corporation established in 1921 by the states of New York and New Jersey to administer the activities of the New York–New Jersey por...