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(Encyclopedia) NarewNarewnäˈrĕf [key], Rus. Narev, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising in the Białowieża Forest, W Belarus, near the border with Poland. It flows generally NW through NE Poland past…Narva, river, Estonia and Russia
(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…Nahanni National Park Reserve
(Encyclopedia) Nahanni National Park ReserveNahanni National Park Reservenəhănˈē [key], c.1,840 sq mi (4,766 sq km), Northwest Territories, Canada, W of Fort Simpson; est. 1972. Located just E of the…Copahue
(Encyclopedia) Copahue, active volcano, 9,688 ft (2,953 m) high, on the central Argentina-Chile border. A stratovolcano (see volcano) consisting of an elongated composite cone with nine craters…Gold Coast, city, Australia
(Encyclopedia) Gold Coast, city, Queensland, E Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. The city, a major resort, stretches for many miles along the coast and…Andelys, Les
(Encyclopedia) Andelys, LesAndelys, LeslāzäNdəlēˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 8,580), in Eure dept., N France, Normandy, on the Seine. The twin communities of Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely form a…Guaporé
(Encyclopedia) GuaporéGuaporégwəp&oobreve;rĕˈ [key], river, c.750 mi (1,207 km) long, rising in the mountains of Mato Grosso state, W Brazil. It flows northwest through rain forest and forms part…Helicon
(Encyclopedia) HeliconHeliconhĕlˈĭkŏn [key], Gr. Elikón, mountain group, c.20 mi (30 km) long, central Greece, in Boeotia; it rises to 5,736 ft (1,748 m). Helicon formed part of the border between…Illinois Waterway
(Encyclopedia) Illinois Waterway, 336 mi (541 km) long, linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River, N Ill.; an important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico…Marchfeld
(Encyclopedia) MarchfeldMarchfeldmärkhˈfĕltˌ [key], plain, NE Austria, NE of Vienna, between the Danube and the Morava (Ger. March) rivers, on the border of Slovakia. A strategic approach to Vienna,…Trending
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