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(Encyclopedia) Palm Springs, city (1990 pop. 40,181), Riverside co., S Calif.; founded 1876, inc. 1938. It is a verdant desert oasis and a resort with classic mid-20th cent. architecture (known as Mid-Century Modern...

(Encyclopedia) Kirishima, Mount, or Kirishimayama, volcanic complex, N of Kagoshima Bay on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Kyushu, S Japan. Consisting of some 30 stratovolcanoes, craters, and ...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Wyoming wīōˈmĭng [key], least populous state in the United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states of the West. It is bordered by South Dakota and Nebraska (E), Colorado and Utah (S), Idaho (W)...

(Encyclopedia) Chamizal National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Navajo National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Petersburg National Battlefield: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Petroglyph National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Pipestone National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Monocacy National Battlefield: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Dinosaur National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...