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Hereford cattle

(Encyclopedia) Hereford cattleHereford cattlehûrˈfərd [key], breed of beef cattle originated in Herefordshire, England, and thought to be descended from the primitive cattle of the country. They are…

Glace Bay

(Encyclopedia) Glace Bay Glace Bay glās [key], town, E Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada. Exploitation of its coal…

grape hyacinth

(Encyclopedia) grape hyacinth, any plant of the genus Muscari of the family Liliaceae (lily family), low plants with dense spikelike clusters of small, nodding flowers that are usually deep blue. Of…

Drin

(Encyclopedia) DrinDrindrēn [key], river, c.175 mi (280 km) long, formed at Kukës, NE Albania, by the confluence of the White Drin, which rises in Kosovo, and the Black Drin, which flows out of Lake…

Corn Belt

(Encyclopedia) Corn Belt, major agricultural region of the U.S. Midwest where corn acreage once exceeded that of any other crop. It is now commonly called the Feed Grains and Livestock Belt. Located…

Ensenada

(Encyclopedia) Ensenada Ensenada entsənädə [key], city, Baja California state, NW Mexico. Developed in the 19th…

Faizabad, city, Afghanistan

(Encyclopedia) Faizabad or FeyzabadFaizabadboth : fīˈzəbăd, fīzäbädˈ [key], city (1992 est. pop. 9,098), capital of Badakhshan prov., NE Afghanistan, on the Kokcha River. The chief commercial and…

Transbaykalia

(Encyclopedia) Transbaykalia or TransbaikaliaTransbaykaliaboth: trănsˌbīkäˈlyə, trănzˌ– [key], Rus. ZabaykalyeTransbaykaliazŭbīkäˈlyĭ [key], region, SE Siberian Russia, extending from Lake Baykal to…

Ausable Chasm

(Encyclopedia) Ausable ChasmAusable Chasmôsāˈbəl [key], gorge, 2 mi (3.2 km) long, from 20 to 50 ft (6–15 m) wide, from 100 to 200 ft (30–61 m) deep, NE N.Y. The chasm, with its rapids, waterfalls,…