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The National Park System
Source: Department of the Interior, National Park Service. NATIONAL PARKS A…Pecos National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Pecos National Historical Park, 6,671 acres (2,702 hectares), N New Mexico; est. as a national monument 1965, designated a national historical park 1990. The park contains the remains…Fundy National Park
(Encyclopedia) Fundy National Park, 80 sq mi (207 sq km), S N. B., Canada, on the Bay of Fundy near St. John; est. 1947. It has a rugged terrain with a wooded interior and an irregular shoreline that…Across the Great Divide
Chapter 13 Chapter 15 Across the Great Divide Captain Clark had now left the water-shed of the Missouri behind him, and was pressing on, over a broken, hilly country, to the…Great Sandy Desert
(Encyclopedia) Great Sandy Desert, Australia's second-largest desert, c.110,000 sq mi (284,900 sq km), Western Australia and Northern Territory. Lying between the Tanami Desert (NE) and the Gibson…Revillagigedo Islands
(Encyclopedia) Revillagigedo Islands or Revillagigedo ArchipelagoRevillagigedo Islandsrāvēˈyähēhāˈᵺō [key], volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean, c.450 mi (720 km) W of Colima state and S of…Krkonoše
(Encyclopedia) KrkonošeKrkonošekŭrˈkônôshĕ [key], Ger. Riesengebirge, Pol. Karkonosze, highest range of the Sudetes, extending c.25 mi (40 km) along the border of N Czech Republic and SW Poland. Its…Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Katahdin Woods and Waters National MonumentKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monumentkətäˈdĭn [key], 87,500 acres (35,400 hectares), N central Maine, est. 2016. Located E of Baxter…Kansas, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Kansas or Kaw, river, 170 mi (274 km) long, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers in NE Kansas and flowing E to the Missouri River at Kansas City; the system…Trending
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