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Denison Dam
(Encyclopedia) Denison Dam, 17,200 ft (5,243 m) long, on the Red River along the Texas–Okla. border, NW of Denison, Tex. The dam, built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers for flood control and…Khanaqin
(Encyclopedia) KhanaqinKhanaqinkhänˈäkēn [key], town, NE Iraq, near the Iranian border, on a tributary of the Diyala. It is located in an oil-producing region and has an oil refinery. Khanaquin was…Erymanthos
(Encyclopedia) Erymanthos,&sp;Erímanthos, or ErymanthusErymanthos,all: ĕrˌĭmănˈthəs [key], mountain group, S Greece, in NW Peloponnesus, on the border of Achaea, Arcadia, and Elis. The highest…Elvas
(Encyclopedia) Elvas Elvas ĕlˈvəsh [key], town, E central Portugal, in Altro Alentejo, near the Spanish…Visé
(Encyclopedia) ViséVisévēzāˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 17,019), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River and on the Albert Canal, near the Dutch border. It is a center of cement manufacture. The…Biarritz
(Encyclopedia) Biarritz Biarritz byärētsˈ [key], town, Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, on the…White Pass
(Encyclopedia) White Pass, 2,888 ft (880 m) high, in the Coast Mts., on the Alaska–British Columbia border, NE of Skagway. A hazardous trail through the pass was made (1897) by prospectors going to…White Sulphur Springs
(Encyclopedia) White Sulphur Springs, city (1990 pop. 2,779), Greenbrier co., SE W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. near the Virginia border; settled c.1750. A mineral springs health resort since early…Umm Qasr
(Encyclopedia) Umm QasrUmm Qasr&oomacr;m [key]Umm Qasrkäsˈə [key] town, Basra prov., S Iraq, S of Basra on the Kuwait border. Located on an arm of the Persian Gulf, it is Iraq's second largest…Bardiyah
(Encyclopedia) Bardiyah or BardiaBardiaboth: bärdēˈä, bärˈdēä [key], town, NE Libya, a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near the Egyptian border. During World War II it was the most strongly defended…Trending
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