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(Encyclopedia) agronomy əgrŏnˈəmē [key], branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—rel...

(Encyclopedia) Ica ēˈkä [key], city, capital of Ica region, SW Peru, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a commercial ...

(Encyclopedia) Indio ĭnˈdē-ōˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 89,137), Riverside co., SE Calif., in the Coachella Valley of the Colorado...

(Encyclopedia) Iquitos ēkēˈtōs [key], city, capital of Loreto dept., NE Peru, on the Amazon River, c.2,3...

(Encyclopedia) Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812–94, American lawyer and writer, b. Watertown, Mass. A highly successful patent attorney, Curtis served in the Massachusetts legislature (1840–43) and as U.S. commissio...

(Encyclopedia) Fortaleza fo͝ortəlĕˈzə [key], city, capital of Ceará state, NE Brazil, a port on the At...

(Encyclopedia) Hampton, Wade, c.1752–1835, American planter and soldier, b. Halifax co., Va. He served in the American Revolution and took part in South Carolina politics, opposing the ratification of the U.S. Con...

(Encyclopedia) Hari Rud häˈrē ro͞od [key], river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising in the Kuh-e Baba range, central Afghanistan, and flowing west and then north into the steppes S of the Kara Kum desert in Turkm...

(Encyclopedia) Kolhapur kōləpo͝orˈ [key], former princely state, 3,219 sq mi (8,337 sq km), Maharashtra state, SW India. Largely agricultural, the region produces cotton and textiles. It also has large bauxite d...

(Encyclopedia) Sumter, city (1990 pop. 41,943), seat of Sumter co., central S.C.; founded 1785, inc. 1845. It is the commercial, processing, and shipping center of a timber and agricultural region. Chief crops are t...