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East Lyme

(Encyclopedia) East LymeEast Lymelīm [key], town (1990 est. pop. 14,000), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled c.1660, inc. 1839. The town has diversified light industry. Its many…

Chofu

(Encyclopedia) Chofu Chofu chōˈf&oomacr; [key], city, Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Tuma River…

Sebago Lake

(Encyclopedia) Sebago LakeSebago Lakesĭbāˈgō [key], c.12 mi (20 km) long and from 1 to 8 mi (1.6–12.9 km) wide, SW Maine, in a resort area. It is the second largest lake in Maine and is the source of…

Russellville

(Encyclopedia) Russellville, city (1990 pop. 21,260), seat of Pope co., central Ark., in an area yielding coal, timber, and diverse agricultural products; settled 1835, inc. 1870. Transportation…

Tongariro

(Encyclopedia) TongariroTongarirotŏngˌgərēˈrō [key], volcano, 6,458 ft (1,968 m) high, on the North Island, New Zealand. Hot springs are on its slopes and a lake is on the summit. It erupted in 2012…

Thomson, Tom

(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Tom, 1877–1917, Canadian painter of typically Canadian outdoor scenes, b. Ontario. Thomson was self-taught. Most of the year he served as a guide at Algonquin Provincial Park…

Pyeongchang

(Encyclopedia) Pyeongchang, city (2011 est. pop. 43,000), NE South Korea, in the Taebaek Mtns. on the Pyeongchang river. Pyeongchang is the seat of Pyeongchang co., a mountainous farming region that…

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…

Vienna, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Vienna, town (1990 pop. 14,852), Fairfax co., N Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1890. There is computer software research. Originally called Springfield, Vienna…

Wallowa Lake

(Encyclopedia) Wallowa LakeWallowa Lakewəlouˈə [key], c.3 mi (4.8 km) long, NE Oreg., at the foot of the Wallowa Mts. An irrigation reservoir, it is drained by the Wallowa River NW to the Grande…