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Avon Lake
(Encyclopedia) Avon Lake Avon Lake āˈvän [key], city (2020 pop. 25,206), Lorain co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie; inc. 1917. It is chiefly a residential suburb of the Cleveland–…Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell
(Encyclopedia) Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell, 1862–1931, African-American civil-rights advocate and feminist, b. Holly Springs, Miss. Born a slave, she attended a freedman's school and was orphaned at 16.…25th Lambda Literary Awards
The 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were for books published in 2012. Winners were announced during a ceremony on June 3, 2013…Kyoga
(Encyclopedia) Kyoga or KiogaKiogakyōˈgä [key], lake, c.100 mi (160 km) long, formed by the Victoria Nile, S central Uganda, E Africa. It occupies part of the same depression as Lake Victoria, to…Wast Water
(Encyclopedia) Wast WaterWast Waterwŏst [key], lake, 3 mi (4.8 km) long and 1&fslsh;2 mi (.8 km) wide, in the Lake District, NW England, SW of Keswick. It is the deepest lake in England (maximum…Vyg
(Encyclopedia) VygVygvĭg [key], Finn. Uikujärvi, Rus. Vygozero, lake, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), NW European Russia, in Karelia, between Lake Onega and the White Sea. It is fed by the Vyg River, which…Okeechobee Waterway
(Encyclopedia) Okeechobee Waterway or Cross-Florida Waterway, 155 mi (249 km) long, across S Fla., from Stuart on the Atlantic Ocean to Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico. Its main segments are the St…Gatún Lake
(Encyclopedia) Gatún LakeGatún Lakegät&oomacr;nˈ [key], artificial lake, 163 sq mi (422 sq km), Colón Prov., Panama, formed by the impounding of the Chagres River. Gatún Dam (completed 1912), 11…Tahoe, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Tahoe, LakeTahoe, Laketäˈhō, tāˈ– [key], 193 sq mi (500 sq km), on the Calif.-Nev. line. It occupies a basin in the Sierra Nevada and is drained by the Truckee River. Lying 6,228 ft (1…2000 Race Locations
March— MARLBORO GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI Presented by Toyota at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex in Homestead, Fla. April— BOSCH SPARK PLUG GP Presented by Toyota at Nazareth (Pa.)…