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Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Heritage Area
(Encyclopedia)Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Heritage Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Bug, river, Ukraine, also known as Southern Bug
(Encyclopedia)Bug or Southern Bug, river, Ukraine: see Buh. ...Buh, river, E Europe, also known as Western Buh
(Encyclopedia)Buh or Western Buh, river, Eastern Europe: see Bug. ...Rio Branco
(Encyclopedia)Rio Branco, city (1996 pop. 228,907), capital of Acre state, NW Brazil, on the Acre River. Rubber and Brazil nuts are its chief products; there is also some farming. Rio Branco has air connections wit...Guiana
(Encyclopedia)Guiana gēănˈə, –änˈ– [key], region, NE South America. It faces the Atlantic Ocean on the north and east and is enclosed on the west and south within a vast semicircle formed by the linked ri...Wind River Range
(Encyclopedia)Wind River Range, part of the Rocky Mts., W Wyo., running southeastward c.120 mi (190 km) and constituting part of the Continental Divide. Gannett Peak (13,804 ft/4,207 m) is the highest point in Wyom...Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the
(Encyclopedia)Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the, study of the origins of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas. Archaeologists believe humans had entered and occupied much of the Americas by the end of the...Casiquiare
(Encyclopedia)Casiquiare käsēkyäˈrā [key], river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, S Venezuela. Also called the Canal Casiquiare, it is a branch of the Orinoco and flows SW to the Río Negro, thus linking the Orinoco a...Buh, river, Ukraine, also known as Southern Buh
(Encyclopedia)Buh or Southern Buh bo͞okh [key], Ukr. Pivdynnyy Buh, river, c.490 mi (790 km) long, rising in the Volhynian-Podolian hills, W Ukraine. The Buh, flowing generally SE into the Black Sea, is navigable ...Browse by Subject
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