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Enriquillo, Lago
(Encyclopedia) Enriquillo, LagoEnriquillo, Lagolägˈō ĕnˌrēkēˈlyō [key], salt lake, SW Dominican Republic, the largest lake of Hispaniola and the Caribbean islands, c.89 ft. (27 m) below sea level.…Andkhui
(Encyclopedia) Andkhui Andkhui əndkh&oomacr;ˈē [key] or Andkhroy Andkhroy əndkhroiˈ [key], city , N Afghanistan, in Faryab province, near the…Guadiana
(Encyclopedia) GuadianaGuadianagwäᵺyäˈnä [key], river, 510 mi (821 km) long, rising in the La Mancha Plateau, E Spain. It flows west through central Spain, then south, forming part of the Spanish-…Ifni
(Encyclopedia) IfniIfniēfˈnē [key], former Spanish possession (580 sq mi/1,502 sq km), SW Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. The main industry is fishing. Ifni was ceded by Morocco to Spain in 1860, but…Jubba, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia) JubbaJubbaj&oomacr;ˈbä [key], Ital. Giuba, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed at the Ethiopia–Somalia border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Dawa and Genale rivers, both…Jaca
(Encyclopedia) JacaJacahäˈkä [key], town (1990 pop. 10,874), Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, in the Pyrenees (alt. c.2,700 ft/820 m), near the French border on the Aragón River. A communications…Nevado del Ruiz
(Encyclopedia) Nevado del Ruiz, volcano, 17,457 ft (5,321 m) high, in the Cordillera Central of the N Andes, E Colombia, on the Caldas-Tolima dept. border. A broad, glacier-covered stratovolcano, it…Neusiedler Lake
(Encyclopedia) Neusiedler LakeNeusiedler Lakenoiˈzēdlər [key], Ger. Neusiedlersee, Hung. Fertő tó, c.130 sq mi (340 sq km), on the Austria-Hungary border SE of Vienna. The lake's area and depth (…Oral
(Encyclopedia) OralOralôrälˈ [key], formerly UralskUralsky&oobreve;rălskˈ, Rus. &oomacr;rälskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 199,835), NW Kazakhstan, on the Ural River. Among its industries are the…Murrumbidgee
(Encyclopedia) MurrumbidgeeMurrumbidgeemərəmbĭjˈē [key], river, c.1,050 mi (1,690 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, Australia, and flowing generally W to the Murray River…Trending
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