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(Encyclopedia) Ishim, river, c.1,130 mi (1,819 km) long, W Siberian Russia and Kazakhstan. It rises N of Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan (where it is known as the Esil), flows W past Atbasar, N past Petropavl, and then joi...
(Encyclopedia) Harlem River, navigable tidal channel, 8 mi (12.9 km) long with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, in New York City, SE N.Y., separating Manhattan from the Bronx. Connecting the Hudson and East rivers, it is a shi...
(Encyclopedia) Kansa kănˈsô [key], people whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages), also known as the Kansas or Kaw. Closely related to the ...
(Encyclopedia) Aurora
ərôrˈə, ô–
[key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 386,261), Adams and Arapahoe counties, N central
Colo., a growing suburb on the east side of Denver; inc. 1903. Founded d...
(Encyclopedia) Hanover.
1 Town (2020 pop. 14,833), Plymnouth co., SE Mass.; settled
1649, inc. 1727. An iron forge was located there that produced anchors and
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(Encyclopedia) Salisbury. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,592), seat of Wicomico co., Md., on the Eastern Shore, at the head of the Wicomico River; settled 1732, inc. 1872. Poultry raising and processing is the major industry....
(Encyclopedia) Anderson.
1 City (2020 pop. 54,788), seat of Madison co., E central Ind., on the White
River; inc. 1838. It is a manufacturing center in a fertile farm area; food products, aircraft
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(Encyclopedia) Narva, river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising in Lake Peipus (Chudskoye), E Estonia, and flowing northeast past the city of Narva into the Gulf of Finland. It forms the border between Estonia and Russia....
(Encyclopedia) Oise, river, 186 mi (299 km) long, rising in the Ardennes Mts., S Belgium, and flowing through N France generally SW past Compiègne to join the Seine River near Pontoise. Navigable for most of its le...
(Encyclopedia) Piscataqua pĭskătˈəkwə, –kwā [key], navigable river, 12 mi (19 km) long, formed by the junction of the Cocheco and the Salmon Falls rivers, SE N.H., and flowing SE to Portsmouth harbor, formin...