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Eastmain

(Encyclopedia) EastmainEastmainēstˈmān [key], river, c.510 mi (820 km) long, rising in the Otish Mts., central Que., Canada, and flowing W into James Bay. Three miles (4.8 km) from its mouth is East…

Rhyl

(Encyclopedia) RhylRhylrĭl [key], town (1991 pop. 22,714), Denbighshire, N Wales, on the Irish Sea at the mouth of the Clwyd River. A seaside resort, it was at its height in the 1960s and 70s, but…

Scoresby Sound

(Encyclopedia) Scoresby Sound, arm of the Greenland Sea, E Greenland. It has numerous fjords that branch out generally westward to the ice cap. Some of the branches extend more than 180 mi (290 km)…

San Pedro de Macorís

(Encyclopedia) San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macoríssän pāˈᵺrō ᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 123,987), SE Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Higuamo River. It is the…

Port Talbot

(Encyclopedia) Port TalbotPort Talbottôlˈbət [key], town (1981 pop. 40,078), Neath Port Talbot, S Wales, at the mouth of the Avon (Afan) River on Swansea Bay. Port Talbot is a popular seaside resort…

Ungava Bay

(Encyclopedia) Ungava BayUngava Bayŭngˌgäˈvə, –gāˈ– [key], inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, N Que., Canada, extending c.200 mi (320 km) S from Hudson Strait between the N Quebec mainland and the north…

Butuan

(Encyclopedia) Butuan Butuan b&oomacr;t&oomacr;ˈän [key], city, capital of Agusan del Norte prov., NE Mindanao…

Teignmouth

(Encyclopedia) TeignmouthTeignmouthtĭnˈməth [key], town (1991 pop. 12,500), Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Teign River on the English Channel. Teignmouth is a seaport and resort. The harbor,…

Blyth

(Encyclopedia) Blyth Blyth blīᵺ [key], town, Northumberland, NE England, at the mouth of the Blyth River…

Montrose

(Encyclopedia) Montrose, town (1991 pop. 12,127), Angus, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the South Esk River. Open to water on three sides, it is a spacious resort town, with flax and…