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Wantagh
(Encyclopedia) WantaghWantaghwŏnˈtô [key], uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 18,567), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the S shore of Long Island. A causeway leads to Jones Beach State Park.Tingo María
(Encyclopedia) Tingo María, city (1993 pop. 43,152), capital of Leoncio Prado prov., Huánuco dept., central Peru. The region's subtropical forest supports a variety of wood-processing indusries. The…Gallatin, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Gallatin, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in the Gallatin Range in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park, NW Wyo., and flowing generally northwest to join the Madison…Imaichi
(Encyclopedia) ImaichiImaichiēmīˈchē [key], former city, Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An agricultural market and tourist center near Nikko National Park, it was merged into the city of…Manassas National Battlefield Park
(Encyclopedia) Manassas National Battlefield Park: see Bull Run; national parks and monuments (table).Sutton Coldfield
(Encyclopedia) Sutton Coldfield, city (1991 pop. 102,572), Birmingham metropolitan district, central England. The city is a residential suburb of Birmingham with a metal products industry and a large…Plainville
(Encyclopedia) Plainville, town (1990 pop. 17,400), Hartford co., central Conn., at the sandy headwaters of the Quinnipiac River; settled 1657, inc. 1869. Metal and electrical products and machinery…Saluda
(Encyclopedia) Saluda, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W S.C., and flowing southeast across the Piedmont to the Broad River (with which it forms the Congaree) near Columbia.…Painted Desert
(Encyclopedia) Painted Desert, badlands on the northeastern bank of the Little Colorado River, NE Ariz., stretching c.200 mi (320 km) SE from the Grand Canyon; includes Petrified Forest National Park…Grinnell, George Bird
(Encyclopedia) Grinnell, George BirdGrinnell, George Birdgrənĕlˈ [key], 1849–1938, American naturalist and student of Native American life, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Yale (B.A., 1870; Ph.D., 1880). He…Trending
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