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Taichung

(Encyclopedia) Taichung or T'ai-chungTaichungboth: tīˈj&oomacr;ngˈ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 2,731,056), 855 sq mi (2,214 sq km), W central Taiwan. It was created in 2010 by merging…

Mountains

Mountains exist on all the continents of the earth. Many of the world's mountains lie in two great belts. The Circum-Pacific chain, often called the Ring of Fire, runs from the west coast of…

Grizzly Mountain

Director: Jeremy HaftWriters: Jeremy Haft and Peter WhiteDirector of Photography:Andy ParkeEditors:Richard Westover and Anthony DalesandroMusic:Jon McCallumProducers:Anthony Dalesandro and…

Other Parks

Name and location Total acreageCatoctin Mountain (Md.) 5,809.87Constitution Gardens (DC) 52.00Fort Washington Park (Md.) 341.00Greenbelt (Md.) 1,175.99National Capital Parks (DC) 6,629.…

Fire Island

(Encyclopedia) Fire Island, barrier beach, 32 mi (52 km) long, off the south shore of Long Island, SE N.Y., separating Great South Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Robert Moses State Park is at its west…

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

(Encyclopedia) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, c.639 sq mi (1,655 sq km), S Calif., occupying most of E San Diego co. and neighboring portions of Riverside and Imperial cos.; est. 1933. Part of the…

Tatra

(Encyclopedia) TatraTatratäˈtrə [key] or TatrasTatra–trəz [key], Pol. and Slovak Tatry, highest group of the Carpathian mountain system, in E central Europe. The High Tatra (Slovak Vysoké Tatry, Pol…

Laurentian Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Laurentian MountainsLaurentian Mountainslôrĕnˈshən [key] or LaurentidesLaurentideslôrˈəntīdzˌ, lärˈ–, –tēdzˌ [key], S Que., Canada, N of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, rising to 3…

Lewis & Clark: Across the Great Divide

by NoahBrooks From the Minnetarees to the ShoshoneesDown the Pacific SlopeAcross the Great Divide Captain Clark had now left the water-shed of the Missouri behind him…