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British Columbia Map: Geography, Facts & Figures
British Columbia is a beautiful province located on the Western Canada map, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest, the province of the Yukon to the north…Hill, James Jerome
(Encyclopedia) Hill, James Jerome, 1838–1916, American railroad builder, b. Ontario, Canada. He went to St. Paul, Minn., in 1856. He became a partner of Norman Kittson in a steamboat line and, with…Kirkland
(Encyclopedia) Kirkland, city (1990 pop. 40,052), King co., W Wash., a suburb of Seattle on Lake Washington; inc. 1905. The city produces semiconductors, transformers, prefabricated metal buildings,…Aklavik
(Encyclopedia) Aklavik Aklavik ăkläˈvĭk [key], settlement, Northwest Territories, Canada, on the west channel of the Mackenzie River. The unsuitability of the land at the…Samara, river, Russia
(Encyclopedia) SamaraSamarasəmäˈrə [key], river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara.Port Radium
(Encyclopedia) Port Radium, mining village, N central Northwest Territories, Canada, on Great Bear Lake. The mines were discovered in 1930 and yielded deposits of pitchblende, from which much radium…Back
(Encyclopedia) Back, river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in lakes, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing northeast through Nunavut across the tundra to Chantry Inlet. Numerous lakes lie along…Miseno, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Miseno, CapeMiseno, Capemēzĕˈnō [key], S Italy, at the northwest end of the Bay of Naples. Augustus founded (1st cent. b.c.) a naval station (Misenum) there, which was destroyed by the…Izumo
(Encyclopedia) Izumo Izumo ēz&oomacr;ˈmō [key], city, Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Hii River. It…Kuskokwim
(Encyclopedia) KuskokwimKuskokwimkŭsˈkōkwĭm [key], river, c.650 mi (1,046 km) long, rising on the northwest slopes of the Alaska Range, central Alaska, and flowing SW to the Bering Sea. The shores of…Trending
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