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Great Glen

(Encyclopedia)Great Glen or Glen More, valley, 60 mi (97 km) long, Highland, N central Scotland, extending from Moray Firth SW to Loch Linnhe. It was formed by a fault in the earth's surface. Loch Ness, Loch Oich, ...

Great Falls

(Encyclopedia)Great Falls, city (2020 pop. 60,442), seat of Cascade co., N central Mont., second largest city in the state, at the confluence of the Missouri and Sun ...

Great Society

(Encyclopedia)Great Society, in U.S. history, term for the domestic policies of President Lyndon Johnson. In his first State of the Union message, he called for a war on poverty and the creation of a “Great Socie...

Great Divide

(Encyclopedia)Great Divide: see Continental Divide. ...

Great Meadows

(Encyclopedia)Great Meadows: see Fort Necessity. ...

Great Alföld

(Encyclopedia)Great Alföld: see Alföld, plain, Hungary. ...

Great Blasket

(Encyclopedia)Great Blasket: see Blasket Islands, Ireland. ...

Great Miami

(Encyclopedia)Great Miami, river: see Miami, river. ...

Great Valley

(Encyclopedia)Great Valley: see under Appalachian Mountains. ...

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