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(Encyclopedia) DoonDoond&oomacr;n [key], river, c.30 mi (48 km) long, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire, SW Scotland, flowing NW through Loch Doon (6 mi/9.7 km long) to the Firth of Clyde S of Ayr…
(Encyclopedia) esker, long, narrow, winding ridge of stratified sand-and-gravel drift. Eskers, many miles long and resembling abandoned railway embankments, occur in Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland,…
(Encyclopedia) Iowa, river, 329 mi (529 km) long, rising in the lakes of N Iowa and flowing SE to the Mississippi River, SE Iowa; Cedar River (300 mi/483 km long) is its chief tributary. A power dam…
(Encyclopedia) HousatonicHousatonich&oomacr;sətŏnˈĭk [key], river rising in the Berkshires, W Mass., and flowing generally south c.130 mi (210 km) through W Connecticut to Long Island Sound at…
(Encyclopedia) Barnegat BayBarnegat Baybärˈnəgăt [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.30 mi (50 km) long, E N.J., inside Long Beach Island and Island Beach Peninsula. It is a heavily used recreational…
(Encyclopedia) Foxe Basin, a widening of the waterway between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula, c.340 mi (550 km) long and c.225 mi (360 km) wide, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The basin is…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzroy, rivers in Australia. 1 River, 174 mi (280 km) long, formed by the junction of the Dawson and the Mackenzie rivers, E Queensland, Australia, and flowing past Rockhampton to…
(Encyclopedia) OgokiOgokiōgōˈkē [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in lakes W of Lake Nipigon, W central Ont., Canada, and flowing NE to the Albany River. A dam at Waboose Rapids forms a…
(Encyclopedia) dobsonfly, common name for a group of insects of the order Megaloptera, found throughout E North America. The adults may be 5 in. (12.7 cm) long; the male has mandibles half as long as…
