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Julian Alps

(Encyclopedia) Julian Alps, mountain range, NE Italy and NW Slovenia, between the Carnic Alps and the Dinaric Alps, rising to 9,396 ft (2,864 m) in Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. The forested…

Millville

(Encyclopedia) Millville, city (1990 pop. 25,992), Cumberland co., S N.J., on the Maurice River, in a poultry, fruit, and truck-farm area; settled 1756, inc. 1866. The principal industries include…

Athol

(Encyclopedia) Athol Athol ăthˈôl [key], town, Worcester co., N Mass.; inc. 1762. Athol manufactures furniture, toys, lumber, textiles, and precision tools. The area was…

McComb

(Encyclopedia) McComb, city (1990 pop. 11,591), Pike co., SW Miss., near the La. line; inc. 1872. It is the trade and rail center of a cotton, corn, soybean, cattle, and timber area. Manufactures…

Madisonville

(Encyclopedia) Madisonville, city (1990 pop. 16,200), seat of Hopkins co., W Ky., in a coal mining and farm area; inc. 1807. Tobacco, grain, and soybeans are grown and livestock is raised. There is…

Connersville

(Encyclopedia) Connersville, city (2020 pop. 12,808), seat of Fayette co., E central Ind., on the Whitewater River, in a farm area; founded 1813; inc.…

Coral Springs

(Encyclopedia) Coral Springs, city (2020 pop. 134,394), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along…

Darling Downs

(Encyclopedia) Darling Downs, tableland, 27,610 sq mi (71,510 sq km), SE Queensland, Australia, W of the Great Dividing Range. Settled in 1840 by sheep grazers, this grassland region has become an…

Forrest City

(Encyclopedia) Forrest City, city (2020 pop. 13,015), seat of St. Francis co., E central Ark., at the foot of Crowley's Ridge; inc. 1871. It is a rail…

Vernon, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Vernon, city (1991 pop. 23,514), S British Columbia, Canada, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. The center of a fruit-growing and dairying area, it has packing and dehydrating plants…