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Bouvet Island

(Encyclopedia) Bouvet IslandBouvet Islandb&oomacr;vāˈ [key], uninhabited volcanic island, c.58 sq mi (150 sq km), S Atlantic Ocean, about 1,600 mi (2,576 km) SW of the Cape of Good Hope. A…

Canso

(Encyclopedia) Canso Canso kănˈsō [key], town, S central N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean, near Cape…

Nord-Trøndelag

(Encyclopedia) Nord-TrøndelagNord-Trøndelagnôr-trönˈdəläg, n&oobreve;rˈ– [key], county (1995 pop. 127,560), 8,673 sq mi (22,463 sq km), central Norway, N of the Trondheimsfjord and bordering on…

Baixada Fluminense

(Encyclopedia) Baixada FluminenseBaixada Fluminensebīshäˈdə fl&oomacr;mēnēNnˈsə [key], coastal lowland region, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil. It extends c.250 mi (400 km) from Sepetiba Bay to…

Piscataqua

(Encyclopedia) PiscataquaPiscataquapĭskătˈəkwə, –kwā [key], navigable river, 12 mi (19 km) long, formed by the junction of the Cocheco and the Salmon Falls rivers, SE N.H., and flowing SE to…

Penobscot Bay

(Encyclopedia) Penobscot Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 35 mi (56 km) long and 27 mi (43 km) wide, S Maine. The bay was entered by the English explorer Martin Pring in 1603; the French explorer…

Parnaíba

(Encyclopedia) ParnaíbaParnaíbapərnīēˈbə [key], river c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the highlands of NE Brazil. It flows generally north, forming the boundary between Maranhão and Piauí states…

Olinda

(Encyclopedia) OlindaOlinda&oobreve;lēnˈdə [key], city (1991 pop. 341,394), Pernambuco state, E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1537, it was captured by the Dutch in the 1630s and…

Rio de Janeiro, state, Brazil

(Encyclopedia) Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeirorēˈō də zhänāˈrō, Port. rēˈ&oobreve; ᵺĭ zhənĕēˈr&oobreve; [key], state (1996 pop. 13,316,455), 16,568 sq mi (42,911 sq km), SE Brazil, on the…

Rio Grande do Sul

(Encyclopedia) Rio Grande do SulRio Grande do Sulrēˈ&oobreve; gränˈdĭ ᵺ&oobreve; s&oomacr;l [key], state (1996 pop. 9,445,000), 108,951 sq mi (282,183 sq km), S Brazil, bordering on…