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Puntarenas

(Encyclopedia) PuntarenasPuntarenasp&oomacr;ntärāˈnäs [key], town (1995 est. pop. 40,706), capital of Puntarenas prov., W Costa Rica, on the Gulf of Nicoya. Formerly the country's principal port…

Israel Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Israel, also known as the State of Israel, is a country in Asia located in the Middle East region. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the…

En-gannim

(Encyclopedia) En-gannimEn-gannimĕn-gănˈĭm [key], in the Bible. 1 Town of Judah. 2 Levitical city, the modern Jenin (West Bank), at the southeastern end of the plain of Esdraelon. An alternate form…

Sulmona

(Encyclopedia) SulmonaSulmonas&oomacr;lmôˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 25,454), Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Gizio River. A commercial and light industrial center, it lies in a small, fertile…

Post, Wiley

(Encyclopedia) Post, Wiley, 1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days 15 hr 51 min. In 1933…

Gan

(Encyclopedia) Gan or KanGanboth: gän [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, flowing north through the plain of central Jiangxi prov., SE China, past Nanchang to Poyang lake. Despite many rapids, it…

Iksan

(Encyclopedia) Iksan Iksan ēkˈsänˈ [key], city, NW North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., South Korea, on the Mangyeong…

Porcupine, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia) PorcupinePorcupinepôrˈkyəpīnˌ [key], river, 448 mi (721 km) long, rising in the Ogilvie Mts., NW Yukon, Canada. It flows in a great arc NE through the Eagle Plain, then W into Alaska…

Odenwald

(Encyclopedia) OdenwaldOdenwaldōˈdənvält [key], hilly, forested region, S central Germany, bordering on the Neckar and Main rivers and the Rhine plain. Its highest point (2,055 ft/626 m) is the…

French Broad River

(Encyclopedia) French Broad River, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., W N.C., and flowing N and then NW to Knoxville, E Tenn., where it joins with the Holston to form the Tennessee…