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Loa

(Encyclopedia) LoaLoalōˈä [key], longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. It is…

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–…

Motala

(Encyclopedia) MotalaMotalam&oomacr;ˈtäˌlä [key], city (1990 pop. 29,630), Östergötland co., S Sweden, on Lake Vättern and on the Göta Canal. It is an important lake port and an industrial center…

Muhammad I, Ottoman sultan

(Encyclopedia) Muhammad I or Mehmet IMehmet Imĕmĕtˈ [key] (Muhammad the Restorer), 1389?–1421, Ottoman sultan (1413–21), son of Beyazid I. By defeating his brothers he reunited most of his father's…

Conowingo Dam

(Encyclopedia) Conowingo DamConowingo Damkŏnˌəwĭngˈgō [key], 4,648 ft (1,417 m) long, 102 ft (31 m) high, on the Susquehanna River, NE Md.; completed 1928. It is one of the largest nonfederal…

Damodar

(Encyclopedia) DamodarDamodardäˈmōdär [key], river, 370 mi (595 km) long, rising in Jharkhand state, E India, and flowing SE through West Bengal state to join the Hugli River below Kolkata (Calcutta…

Chaudière

(Encyclopedia) ChaudièreChaudièreshōdyĕrˈ [key], river, 115 mi (185 km) long, rising in Lac Mégantic, SE Que., Canada, near the Maine-Que. boundary and flowing generally N to the St. Lawrence River…

Durgapur

(Encyclopedia) Durgapur Durgapur d&oobreve;rˈgäp&oobreve;r [key], city, West Bengal state, E central India, on…

Wupper

(Encyclopedia) WupperWupperv&oobreve;pˈər [key], river, c.65 mi (100 km) long, W central Germany. It is formed by several headstreams and winds in a tortuous course N and SW past Wuppertal,…

Saint Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Saint Lawrence, one of the principal rivers of North America, 744 mi (1,197 km) long. It issues from the northeastern end of Lake Ontario and flows northeast, first along the U.S.-…