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(Encyclopedia) Butuan Butuan b&oomacr;t&oomacr;ˈän [key], city, capital of Agusan del Norte prov., NE Mindanao…Tamalpais, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Tamalpais, MountTamalpais, Mounttămˈəlpīəsˌ [key], peak, 2,604 ft (794 m) high, W Calif., across the Golden Gate from San Francisco. The mountain is a game preserve and a resort. The…Tiruppur
(Encyclopedia) TiruppurTiruppurtĭˈr&oobreve;p&oomacr;r [key], city (1991 pop. 306,237), Tamil Nadu state, S India. Located in the Eastern Ghats valley, Tiruppur is a commercial center with…Tlaquepaque
(Encyclopedia) TlaquepaqueTlaquepaquetläkāpäˈkā [key], city (1990 pop. 328,031), Jalisco state, SW Mexico, in the Guadalajara valley. Its folklore and local artisanry, as well as its proximity to…West Des Moines
(Encyclopedia) West Des MoinesWest Des Moinesdə moinˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 31,702), Polk co., S central Iowa, a growing suburb W of Des Moines; inc. 1893 as Valley Junction, renamed 1938. Hybrid…Big Stone Lake
(Encyclopedia) Big Stone Lake, narrow lake, c.25 mi (40 km) long, on the Minn.–S.Dak. line. Located in the outlet channel of glacial Lake Agassiz, it is the source of the Minnesota River and serves…Meteors and Meteorites
This crater in Arizona was caused by a 30 m wide, 100,000 ton meteor. The impact crater is 1.1 kilometers wide and 200 m deep. (Source: US Geological Survey) The term meteor for what is…glacier
(Encyclopedia) glacier, moving mass of ice that survives year to year, formed by the compacting of snow into névé and then into granular ice and set in motion outward and downward by the force of…Rioja, La
(Encyclopedia) Rioja, LaRioja, Lalä rēōˈhä [key], autonomous community (2011 pop. 321,173), 1,948 sq mi (5,045 sq km), N Spain, coextensive with La Rioja prov. A fertile region, it is famous for its…Awash
(Encyclopedia) AwashAwashäˈwäsh [key], river, E Ethiopia, rising near Addis Ababa and flowing c.500 mi (800 km) to a swampy lake near the Djibouti border. The Awash Valley is important agriculturally…Trending
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