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Borgholm
(Encyclopedia)Borgholm bôrˈyəhôlmˌ [key], town, Kalmar co., SE Sweden, on Öland Island and on the Kal...Göta älv
(Encyclopedia)Göta älv yöˌtä ĕlvˈ [key], river, 56 mi (90 km) long, SW Sweden, draining Vänern lake into the Kattegat. It is part of the Göta Canal, a 240-mi (386-km) system of rivers, lakes, and canals, w...Courland
(Encyclopedia)Courland or Kurland both: kûrˈlănd, Ger. ko͞orˈlänt [key], Latvian Kurzeme, historic region and former duchy, in Latvia, between the Baltic Sea and the Western Dvina River. It is an agricultural...Falster
(Encyclopedia)Falster fälˈstər [key], island, 198 sq mi (513 sq km), Storstrøm co., SE Denmark, in the ...Lolland
(Encyclopedia)Lolland or Laaland both: lôˈlän [key], island (1992 pop. 72,536), 479 sq mi (1,241 sq km), SE Denmark, in the Baltic Sea, E of Langeland, S of Sjælland, and W of Falster. The island is low-lying a...Finland, Gulf of
(Encyclopedia)Finland, Gulf of, eastern arm of the Baltic Sea, c.285 mi (460 km) long and from c.10 to c.75 mi (15–120 km) wide, between Finland and Russia and Estonia. The shallow gulf receives the Narva River a...Świna
(Encyclopedia)Świna svēˈnə [key], channel, 13 mi (21 km) long, NW Poland, leading from the Zalew Szczeciński (Ger. Stettiner Haff) to the Baltic Sea. It passes between the islands of Wolin and Usedom. Świnouj...Mälaren
(Encyclopedia)Mälaren mĕˈlärən [key], lake, c.440 sq mi (1,140 sq km), E central Sweden. Third largest of the Swedish lakes, it extends c.70 mi (110 km) W from Stockholm, which is situated on the strait connec...Kołobrzeg
(Encyclopedia)Kołobrzeg kôlôbˈzhĕk [key] or Kolberg, town (1994 est. pop. 46,300), Zachodniopomorskie prov., NW Poland, on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the Prośnica River. It is a seaport, seaside resort, a...Gliwice
(Encyclopedia)Gliwice glĭvēˈtsĕ [key], Ger. Gleiwitz, city (1993 est. pop. 216,000), Śląskie prov., SW Poland. A coal-mining and steel-making center of the Katowice region, it also produces automobiles, machi...Browse by Subject
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