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Shinano

(Encyclopedia) ShinanoShinanoshĭnäˈnō [key], river, longest of Honshu, Japan, c.230 mi (370 km) long. It rises in the mountains of central Honshu and flows generally NE to the Sea of Japan at Niigata…

Tagus

(Encyclopedia) TagusTagustāˈgəs [key], Span. Tajo, Port. Tejo, river, c.585 mi (940 km) long, rising in the mountains E of Madrid, E Spain, and draining the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. The…

mountain climbing

(Encyclopedia) mountain climbing, the practice of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. Also called mountaineering, it is practiced throughout the world. Many mountain…

Ishikawa

(Encyclopedia) Ishikawa Ishikawa ēshēˈkäwä [key], prefecture, 1,619 sq mi (4,193 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. The…

Mount Olympus

(Encyclopedia) Mount Olympus: see Cyprus; Olympic Mountains; Olympus.

Ymir

(Encyclopedia) YmirYmirēˈmĕr [key], in Norse mythology, primeval giant and progenitor of a race of giants. Odin and his brothers slew Ymir; from his skull they fashioned the sky, from his flesh the…

Pulangi

(Encyclopedia) PulangiPulangip&oomacr;längˈgē [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the mountains of N Mindanao, the Philippines, and flowing SW to Liguasan Marsh. As the Mindanao River…

Virginia Ann FOXX, Congress, NC (1943)

FOXX Virginia Ann , a Representative from North Carolina; born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1943; graduated from Crossnore High School, Crossnore, N.C., 1961; A.B., University of…

Crumb, George Henry

(Encyclopedia) Crumb, George Henry, 1929–, American composer, b. Charleston, W.Va., grad. Mason College of Music, Charleston (B.A. 1950); Univ. of Illinois (M.A. 1953); Univ. of Michigan (D.M.A. 1959…