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Thomas Banks CABANISS, Congress, GA (1835-1915)

CABANISS Thomas Banks , a Representative from Georgia; born in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., August 31, 1835; attended private schools and Penfield College; was graduated from the University of…

Chippewa, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) ChippewaChippewachĭpˈəwôˌ, –wäˌ [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in several forks in the lake region of N Wis. and flowing SW to the Mississippi, which it enters at the…

Metauro

(Encyclopedia) MetauroMetauromātouˈrō [key], river of the Marches, c.68 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Etruscan Apennines, central Italy, from a double source (the Meta and the Auro) and flowing NE…

Schuylkill

(Encyclopedia) SchuylkillSchuylkillsk&oomacr;lˈkĭlˌ, sk&oomacr;ˈkəl [key] [Du.,=hidden creek], river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in Schuylkill co., E central Pa. and flowing generally SE…

Bilbao

(Encyclopedia) Bilbao Bilbao bēlbäˈō [key], city (2021 est. metro area pop. 349,000), capital of Bizkaia…

Narmada

(Encyclopedia) NarmadaNarmadanərmŭˈdə [key], river, c.775 mi (1,250 km) long, rising in Madhya Pradesh state, central India, and flowing W between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges through Gujarat state…

George Town

(Encyclopedia) George Town, town (1989 pop. 12,921), capital and administrative center of the Cayman Islands, in the West Indies. A major offshore banking and business center, it is the site of…

Gironde, estuary, France

(Encyclopedia) Gironde, estuary, c.45 mi (70 km) long and from 2 to 7 mi (3.2–11.3 km) wide, formed by the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, which join c.14 mi (23 km) N of Bordeaux. Sand banks and a high…

Ottumwa

(Encyclopedia) OttumwaOttumwaŏtŭmˈwə, ō– [key], city (1990 pop. 24,488), seat of Wapello co., SE Iowa, on both banks of the Des Moines River, in a farm and coal area; inc. 1851. A commercial and…

Colville, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Colville, river, c.375 mi (600 km) long, rising in the De Long Mts. of the Brooks Range, NW Alaska, and flowing across the tundra, east then north, to the Arctic Ocean. All of its…