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Saint Johns, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Saint Johns, river, 285 mi (459 km) long, rising in SE Fla., N of Lake Okeechobee, and flowing N to Jacksonville, where it turns abruptly eastward and enters the Atlantic Ocean 28 mi (…Rio Grande, city, Brazil
(Encyclopedia) Rio GrandeRio Granderēˈ&oobreve; gränˈdĭ [key], city (1991 pop. 172,422), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil, on the Rio Grande River at the outlet of the Lagoa dos Patos (a tidal…Safi
(Encyclopedia) Safi or SaffiSafiboth: säˈfē [key], city (1994 pop. 262,276), W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a center of the Moroccan fishing and canning industries. Phosphates are…Port Royal Sound
(Encyclopedia) Port Royal Sound, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, between St. Helena and Parris islands to the north and Hilton Head Island to the south, in S S.C.; it receives the Broad River. The sound…Savannah, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Savannah, river, 314 mi (505 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca rivers and flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean; with the Tugaloo it forms the entire S.C.–Ga.…Terceira
(Encyclopedia) TerceiraTerceiratĕrsāˈrə [key], island (1991 pop. 59,248), 153 sq mi (396 sq km), in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores, Portugal. The chief town is Angra do Heroísmo, which…Kimball, Sumner Increase
(Encyclopedia) Kimball, Sumner Increase, 1834–1923, organizer of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, b. Lebanon, Maine. A lawyer, he became (1871) head of the revenue marine service of the Treasury Dept.,…Loire-Atlantique
(Encyclopedia) Loire-AtlantiqueLoire-Atlantiquelwär-ätläNtēkˈ [key], formerly Loire-Maritime, department (1990 pop. 1,058,100), NW France, in S Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. The main cities are…Narragansett Bay
(Encyclopedia) Narragansett Bay, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, 30 mi (48 km) long and from 3 to 12 mi (4.8–19 km) wide, deeply indenting the state of Rhode Island. Its many inlets provided harbors that…Aunis
(Encyclopedia) AunisAunisōnēsˈ [key], small region and former province, W France, on the Atlantic coast. It is now part of the Charente-Maritime and Deux-Sèvres depts. and includes the islands of Ré…Trending
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