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Coachella Valley

(Encyclopedia)Coachella Valley kōˌəchĕlˈə [key], arid region, SE Calif., N of the Salton Sea. Water is brought into the region by artesian wells and by the Coachella Canal (123 mi/198 km long), a branch of th...

Velay

(Encyclopedia)Velay vəlāˈ [key], region, E central France, in the Massif Central and partly in Haute-Loire dept. Partly volcanic in origin, the region has many high arid plateaus, some of startling beauty. Le Pu...

Kuznetsk

(Encyclopedia)Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia: see Novokuznetsk. ...

Fezzan

(Encyclopedia)Fezzan: see Fazzan, historic region, Libya. ...

Haut-Zaïre

(Encyclopedia)Haut-Zaïre, region, Zaïre: see Orientale. ...

Karnatic

(Encyclopedia)Karnatic, historic region, India: see Carnatic. ...

llanos

(Encyclopedia)llanos yäˈnōs [key], Spanish-American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco are a vast, hot reg...

Mosquitia

(Encyclopedia)Mosquitia, region, Central America: see Mosquito Coast. ...

Seistan

(Encyclopedia)Seistan, region, Afghanistan and Iran: see Sistan. ...

Futa Jallon

(Encyclopedia)Futa Jallon: see Fouta Djallon, region, Guinea. ...