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Aasiaat

(Encyclopedia) Aasiaat Aasiaat äsˈēätˌ [key], formerly Egedesminde Egedesminde āˈgəᵺəsmĭnˌə [key], town, Aasiaat dist., W Greenland, at the mouth of Disko…

Old Lyme

(Encyclopedia) Old LymeOld Lymelīm [key], residential and resort town (1990 pop. 6,535), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Connecticut River; settled c.1655, inc.…

Ogdensburg

(Encyclopedia) Ogdensburg, city (1990 pop. 13,521), St. Lawrence co., N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, in a resort area, opposite Prescott, Ont. (with which it is…

Copper, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Copper, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Wrangell Mts., SE Alaska, and flowing S through the Chugach Mts. to the Gulf of Alaska. Copper deposits near the upper river, long…

Cotabato

(Encyclopedia) Cotabato Cotabato kōtäbäˈtō [key], city, Maguindanao prov., W Mindanao, the Philippines, near the…

Gastein

(Encyclopedia) GasteinGasteingäˈstīn [key], valley, Salzburg prov., central Austria, in the N Hohe Tauern range. A popular and beautiful resort area, it has hot radioactive springs. Badgastein, one…

Halmstad

(Encyclopedia) HalmstadHalmstadhälmˈstädˌ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 48,880), capital of Halland co., SW Sweden, a seaport on the Kattegat at the mouth of the Nissan River. It is an industrial…

Bodø

(Encyclopedia) Bodø Bodø bōˈdö [key], city, capital of Nordland co., W Norway, at the mouth of the…

Wuzhou

(Encyclopedia) WuzhouWuzhouw&oomacr;ˈjōˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 236,200), E Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, S China, a port on the Xi River at the mouth of the Gui River. It is an…