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(Encyclopedia) Blue Cross plans: see health insurance. ...

(Encyclopedia) blue-eyed grass: see iris.

(Encyclopedia) Pea Ridge National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) blue-green algae, popular name for those microorganisms that are now more properly called cyanobacteria. ...

(Encyclopedia) Statesville, city (1990 pop. 17,567), seat of Iredell co., W central N.C., on a plateau in the Blue Ridge foothills; founded 1789, inc. 1847. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultura...

(Encyclopedia) Roanoke, river, c.410 mi (660 km) long, rising in SW Va. and flowing generally southeast across the Blue Ridge Mts. and into Albemarle Sound, NE N.C. The lower river is navigable for small craft. A co...

(Encyclopedia) Blue Mountains, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. Located W of Sydney, this elevation is actually a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range. ...

(Encyclopedia) New River, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, NW N.C. It flows NE through SW Virginia, then NW into West Virginia where it joins with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River. It is u...

(Encyclopedia) Brevard brəvärdˈ [key], town (2020 pop. 8,004), seat of Transylvania co., SW N.C., near Fr...

(Encyclopedia) piedmont, any area near the foot of a mountain, particularly the plateau (the Piedmont) extending from New York to Alabama E of the Appalachian Mts. and W of the Atlantic coastal plain. In Maryland, V...