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Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Sand to Snow National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Sand to Snow National Monument, 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares) in the San Bernadino Mountains, S Calif. It rises from the Sonoran Desert floor to Mount San Gorgonio (11,503 ft/3,506 m), the highest p...Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Canyon de Chelly National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Canyon de Chelly National Monument də shāˈ [key] [De Chelly, Sp. corruption of Navajo Tsegi = rock canyon], 83,840 acres (33,955 hectares), NE Ariz.; est. 1931. The area contains the ruins of sever...César E. Chávez National Monument
(Encyclopedia)César E. Chávez National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Washington Monument
(Encyclopedia)Washington Monument, obelisk-shaped tower, 555 ft 51⁄9 in. (169.3 m) high, located on a 106-acre (43-hectare) site at the west end of the Mall, Washington, D.C.; dedicated 1885. The world's tallest ...National Trust
(Encyclopedia)National Trust, British association to preserve for the nation places of natural beauty or buildings of architectural or historic interest in the British Isles; founded 1894, chartered 1895. By act of...liquefied natural gas
(Encyclopedia)liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas. ...Saguaro National Park
(Encyclopedia)Saguaro National Park, 91,443 acres (37,021 hectares), SE Ariz. Contained within the desert park are many examples of the saguaro cactus (Cereus giganteus), a monumentally proportioned, now rare speci...Browse by Subject
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