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(Encyclopedia) CaddoCaddokădˈō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). These people gave their…Gan
(Encyclopedia) Gan or KanGanboth: gän [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, flowing north through the plain of central Jiangxi prov., SE China, past Nanchang to Poyang lake. Despite many rapids, it…Great Glen
(Encyclopedia) Great Glen or Glen More, valley, 60 mi (97 km) long, Highland, N central Scotland, extending from Moray Firth SW to Loch Linnhe. It was formed by a fault in the earth's surface. Loch…Grande Prairie
(Encyclopedia) Grande Prairie Grande Prairie Fr. gräNd prâˌrēˈ [key], city, W Alta., Canada, NW of Edmonton. It is the…Magadi, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Magadi, LakeMagadi, Lakeməgäˈdē [key], c.20 mi (30 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, S Kenya, in the Great Rift Valley. Formed and constantly resupplied by volcanic springs, the lake…Chaeronea
(Encyclopedia) ChaeroneaChaeroneakĕrənēˈə [key], ancient town of Boeotia, Greece, in the Cephissus (now Kifisós) River valley and NW of Thebes. There the Athenians and Thebans were defeated (338 b.c…Lepsius, Karl Richard
(Encyclopedia) Lepsius, Karl RichardLepsius, Karl Richardrĭkhˈärt lĕpˈsē&oobreve;s [key], 1810–84, German Egyptologist and philologist. He made an expedition (1842–45) to the Nile valley and…Musi
(Encyclopedia) MusiMusim&oomacr;ˈsē [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Pegunungan Barisan, S Sumatra, Indonesia. It flows SE to Palembang (head of oceangoing navigation), then…Catamarca
(Encyclopedia) Catamarca Catamarca kätämärˈkä [key], city, capital of Catamarca prov., NW Argentina. It is an…Worcester, town, South Africa
(Encyclopedia) Worcester, town, now part and seat of the Breede Valley local municipality, Western Cape prov., SW South Africa. It produces wine and liquor and processes the fruits and vegetables of…Trending
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