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Cherepovets
(Encyclopedia) CherepovetsCherepovetschĕrĭpəvyĕtsˈ, chĕrĭpôˈvyĭts [key], city (1989 pop. 310,000), NE European Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir. A rail and water transportation center of the Volga-…Eiffel Tower
(Encyclopedia) Eiffel Tower, structure designed by A. G. Eiffel and erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris exposition of 1889. The tower is 984 ft (300 m) high and consists of an iron framework…Gävle
(Encyclopedia) Gävle Gävle yĕvˈlə [key], city, capital of Gävleborg co., E Sweden, on the Gulf of…Flinders, Matthew
(Encyclopedia) Flinders, Matthew, 1774–1814, English naval captain and hydrographer, noted for his charting and coast surveys of Australia and Tasmania. From 1795 to 1799 and again from 1801 to 1803…Halifax, urban area, England
(Encyclopedia) Halifax, urban area, Calderdale metropolitan district, central England, on the Hebble, a small tributary of the Calder River. Halifax is…Bucaramanga
(Encyclopedia) Bucaramanga Bucaramanga b&oomacr;ˌkärämängˈgä [key], city (2020 est. pop. 1,331,000), capital of…Xiangtan
(Encyclopedia) XiangtanXiangtanshyängˈtänˈ [key] or SiangtanXiangtanshyängˈtänˈ, syängˈ– [key], city (1994 est. pop. 490,100), E central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River. Formerly an…Kuznetsk Basin
(Encyclopedia) Kuznetsk Basin, coal basin, c.10,000 sq mi (25,900 sq km), W Siberian Russia, between the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Salair Ridge. Its abbreviated name is Kuzbas. With extensive coal…Hull, city, England
(Encyclopedia) Hull, officially Kingston upon Hull, city and unitary authority, NE England, on the north shore of the Humber estuary at the influx…myoglobin
(Encyclopedia) myoglobinmyoglobinmīˌəglōˈbĭn [key], protein molecule isolated from the cells of vertebrate skeletal muscle that is both a structural and functional relative of hemoglobin, the oxygen-…Trending
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