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Blackstone
(Encyclopedia) Blackstone, river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising near Worcester, Mass., and flowing SE to Narragansett Bay at Providence, R.I. The river's clean water was a major factor in the early…Lafayette
(Encyclopedia) LafayetteLafayetteläˌfēĕtˈ, lăfˌēĕtˈ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 23,501), Contra Costa co., NW Calif., a residential suburb in the San Francisco–Oakland area; settled 1848, inc. 1968. The…diffraction
(Encyclopedia) diffraction, bending of waves around the edge of an obstacle. When light strikes an opaque body, for instance, a shadow forms on the side of the body that is shielded from the light…Camrose
(Encyclopedia) Camrose, city, central Alta., Canada. It is in a mixed farming area and is a railroad center. Camrose Lutheran College is there.Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
(Encyclopedia) Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, c.13,500 sq mi (35,000 sq km; roughly the size of Belgium), the largest multinational park in S Africa and one of the largest parks in the world, in…Stenness, Loch of
(Encyclopedia) Stenness, Loch ofStenness, Loch ofstĕnĕsˈ, Orcadian stānĭsˈ [key], lake on Mainland island, in the Orkneys, off N Scotland. A headland between Harray and Stenness lochs holds the…Russian Far East
(Encyclopedia) Russian Far East, formerly Soviet Far East, federal district (1989 est. pop. 7,941,000), c.2,400,000 sq mi (6,216,000 sq km), encompassing the entire northeast coast of Asia and…drainage basin
(Encyclopedia) drainage basin: see catchment area.Saint James
(Encyclopedia) Saint James, uninc. town (1990 pop. 12,800), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, in a farm and resort area. It is residential.Ramsey
(Encyclopedia) Ramsey, residential borough (1990 pop. 13,228), Bergen co., NE N.J.; settled 1846, inc. 1908. Dairy and truck farms are in the area.Trending
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