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Manicouagan Reservoir

(Encyclopedia)Manicouagan Reservoir mănĭkwägˈən [key], annular artifical lake, 750 sq mi (1,942 sq km), SE Que., Canada, in a heavily forested area of the Canadian Shield. It has a maximum depth of 1,150 ft (3...

Denison

(Encyclopedia)Denison dĕnˈĭsən [key], city (2020 pop. 24,479), Grayson co., N Tex., near the Red River; ...

Boulder City

(Encyclopedia)Boulder City, residential city (2020 pop. 16,701), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959. Built (1932) by the federal government as hea...

Omo

(Encyclopedia)Omo, river, c.500 mi (805 km) long, central and SW Ethiopia. Rising in the highlands south of Mt. Gorochan, some 40 mi (64 km) ENE of Nekemte, it flows generally south, receiving the Gojeb and Gibe ri...

Nyamuragira

(Encyclopedia)Nyamuragira or Nyamulagira, active volcano (11,033 ft/3,058 m), S Virunga range, in E Congo (Kinshasa) near the Rwanda border, N of Lake Kivu and 15 mi (25 km) N of Goma, in S Virunga National Park. A...

Churchill, rivers, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Churchill. 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series of lakes to Chur...

Buchans

(Encyclopedia)Buchans, town, central Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Red Indian Lake. It has a large mine that yields lead, silver, zinc, and copper. ...

crannog

(Encyclopedia)crannog: see lake dwelling.

Bodensee

(Encyclopedia)Bodensee: see Constance, Lake. ...

Neyriz

(Encyclopedia)Neyriz, lake: see Bakhtegan.
 

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