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(Encyclopedia) Moskva məskväˈ [key], river, c.310 mi (500 km) long, rising in the hills W of Moscow, in central European Russia, and meandering generally E past Mozhaisk and Moscow to join the Oka River near Kolo...

(Encyclopedia) Dera Ghazi Khan dāˈrə gäˈzē khän [key], town (1981 pop. 102,007), central Pakistan, on the Indus canal. It is an administrative center in a wheat and millet area. Manufactures include textiles,...

(Encyclopedia) Eccles ekˈəlz [key], town, Salford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Manchester met...

(Encyclopedia) Castrop-Rauxel käsˈtrôp-roukˈsəl [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine-Herne ...

(Encyclopedia) Appii forum ăpˈēī [key] [Lat.,=Appius' market], important stop on the Appian Way, c.40 mi (64 km) E of Rome. It was at the head of a canal through the Pontine Marshes. When Paul arrived here on hi...

(Encyclopedia) Ket kĕˈtyə [key], river, c.845 mi (1,360 km) long, W central Siberian Russia. It rises in central Siberia, just N of Krasnoyarsk, and flows NW and W into the Ob. The Ket is navigable c.410 mi (660 ...

(Encyclopedia) Kawartha Lakes kəwôrˈthə [key], group of 14 lakes, in a region c.50 mi (80 km) long and c.25 mi (40 km) wide, S Ont., Canada, near the towns of Lindsay and Peterborough. Balsam is the largest lake...

(Encyclopedia) Vyg vĭg [key], Finn. Uikujärvi, Rus. Vygozero, lake, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), NW European Russia, in Karelia, between Lake Onega and the White Sea. It is fed by the Vyg River, which also drains it i...

(Encyclopedia) Wallenstadt, Lake of välˈənshtätˌ [key], Ger. Walensee or Wallensee, narrow mountain lake, c.9 sq mi (23 sq km), between St. Gall and Glarus cantons, E Switzerland. It is connected with Zürich b...

(Encyclopedia) Ticino, Lat. Ticinus, river, 154 mi (248 km) long, rising in Ticino canton, S Switzerland, and flowing generally S through Lago Maggiore into N Italy, joining the Po River below Pavia. In Switzerland,...