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Yuan

(Encyclopedia) YuanYuanyüän [key], river, 540 mi (869 km) long, rising in S Guizhou prov. and flowing generally NE to Donting lake, Hunan prov., SE China. Navigation above Changde is limited by…

Virginia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Virginia, city (1990 pop. 9,410), St. Louis co., NE Minn., on the Mesabi range; inc. 1892. In addition to its iron mines—both open-pit and underground—the city has foundries, lumbering…

Washington, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-…

Zawiercie

(Encyclopedia) ZawiercieZawierciezävyĕrˈchĕ [key], city (1992 est. pop. 56,000), Śląskie prov., S Poland, on the Warta River. Its industries produce metals, glass, machinery, chemicals, and apparel.…

Pingxiang

(Encyclopedia) Pingxiang or PingsiangPingsiangboth: pĭng-shyäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 451,700), W Jiangxi prov., China. It is a major coal-mining center, producing quality coking coal for the…

Sakai

(Encyclopedia) SakaiSakaisäkīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 807,765), Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay at the mouth of the Yamato River. An industrial center, it has engineering, iron- and…

Samcheok

(Encyclopedia) Samcheok or SamchokSamcheoksämˈchôkˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 83,815), Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., E South Korea, a port on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a large industrial center…

oxyacetylene torch

(Encyclopedia) oxyacetylene torchoxyacetylene torchŏkˌsēəsĕtˈəlēn [key], tool that mixes and burns oxygen and acetylene to produce an extremely hot flame. This torch can be used for cutting steel and…

Akureyri

(Encyclopedia) Akureyri Akureyri äˈkürāˌrē [key], city, N Iceland, at the head of the Eyjafjörður. The second largest city of Iceland, it is a fishing, commercial, and…