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Pôrto Alegre

(Encyclopedia)Pôrto Alegre pōrˈto͝o əlĕˈgrə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial and commercial centers of Braz...

Teixeira, Pedro

(Encyclopedia)Teixeira, Pedro pĕˈdro͝o tāˈshārə [key], d. 1640, Portuguese explorer, one of the early voyagers on the Amazon. He commanded the expedition sent by the governor of Maranhão up the Amazon in th...

Iguaçu Falls

(Encyclopedia)Iguaçu Falls or Iguassú Falls both: ēgwəso͞oˈ [key], in the Iguaçu River, on the Argentina-Brazil border near the Paraguay line. Iguaçu Falls has two main sections that are composed of hundred...

Little River Canyon National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Little River Canyon National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Middle Delaware National Scenic River

(Encyclopedia)Middle Delaware National Scenic River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)River Raisin National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Gauley River National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Gauley River National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Castile and León

(Encyclopedia)Castile and León –lāōnˈ [key], autonomous community, 36,381 sq mi (94,227 sq km), N central Spain, ...

La Salle

(Encyclopedia)La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle a...