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Auvergne

(Encyclopedia)Auvergne ōvĕrˈnyə [key], former province and former administrative region, S central France. The area is now occupied chiefly by the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Allier, Haute-Loire, and Cantal. T...

Tripolitania

(Encyclopedia)Tripolitania trĭpˌəlĭtāˈnēə [key], historic region, W Libya, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. Tripoli is the chief city. The original inhabitants of the region were probably Berbers. In the...

Ferghana Valley

(Encyclopedia)Ferghana Valley, region, Central Asia: see Fergana Valley. ...

Tsangbo

(Encyclopedia)Tsangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra. ...

Hadrach

(Encyclopedia)Hadrach hāˈdrăk [key], in the Bible, region, N Syria. ...

Donbas

(Encyclopedia)Donbas, industrial region, Ukraine and Russia: see Donets Basin. ...

Alsace-Lorraine

(Encyclopedia)Alsace-Lorraine, former region, Germany: see under Alsace, France. ...

Yarlung Zangbo

(Encyclopedia)Yarlung Zangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra. ...

Indian Head

(Encyclopedia)Indian Head, town, SE Sask., Canada, E of Regina. In a wheat-growing region, it has flour mills and grain elevators. A dominion experimental and forestr...

Patagonia

(Encyclopedia)Patagonia pätägōˈnyä [key], region, c.300,000 sq mi (777,000 sq km), primarily in S Argentina, S of the Río Colorado and E of the Andes, but including extreme SE Chile and N Tierra del Fuego. Pa...