(Encyclopedia) CamargueCamarguekämärgˈ [key], alluvial lowland, c.215 sq mi (560 sq km), Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, in the Rhône delta. Formed by sedimentation, it has numerous shallow…
(Encyclopedia) pith, in botany, core of the stem of most plants. Pith is composed of large, loosely packed food-storage cells. As the stem grows older the pith usually dries out, and in some it…
(Encyclopedia) Yingkou or YingkowYingkouboth: yĭng-kō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 465,700), S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liao River near its mouth on the Bohai. It is on the South Manchurian RR in…
(Encyclopedia) Bié Plateau or Bihé PlateauBihé Plateauboth: byĕ [key], highland region, western section of the central plateau of Angola, SW Africa; alt. 5,000 to 6,000 ft (1,520–1,830 m). Its cool…
(Encyclopedia) RosettaRosettarōzĕtˈə [key], former name of RashidRosettaräshēdˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 51,789), N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. The city once dominated the region's rice market;…
(Encyclopedia) quinoaquinoakēnwäˈ [key], tall annual herb (Chenopodium quinoa) of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), whose seeds have provided a staple food for peoples of the higher Andes…
Senate Years of Service: 1930-1932Party: DemocratMORRISON, Cameron A., a Senator and a Representative from North Carolina; born near Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., October 5, 1869;…
WHY WAS THE FIRST CRUSADE CALLED? WHAT DID THE CRUSADERS BRING BACK TO EUROPE? FIND OUT MOREIn 1095, Pope Urban II called for a war against the Muslim rulers of Jerusalem. This was the First…
HOW DID THE PEOPLE OF THE INDUS VALLEY LIVE? WHY DID INDUS VALLEY CITIES DISAPPEAR? FIND OUT MOREBetween around 3500 BC and 2000 BC, people in the Indus Valley built more than 100 towns. The…
