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Jordan, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Jordan, river, 60 mi (97 km) long, draining Utah Lake N into Great Salt Lake, N central Utah; it passes through Salt Lake City. Fed by numerous streams flowing off the Wasatch Range, the Jordan is use...

Owens Lake

(Encyclopedia)Owens Lake: see under Owens, river, California. ...

Buttle Lake

(Encyclopedia)Buttle Lake, 11 sq mi (28 sq km), central Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada. It is the site of major zinc and copper deposits. ...

Elliot Lake

(Encyclopedia)Elliot Lake, city, S central Ont., Canada, W of Sudbury. The focus of a 1950s uranium-mining boom, it is now a retirement home center. Uranium mining en...

Trek, Great

(Encyclopedia)Trek, Great trĕk [key], the journey by Afrikaner farmers (Boers) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually founded Natal, Transvaal, and the Orange Free State. Trek is an A...

Malheur Lake

(Encyclopedia)Malheur Lake, c.15 mi (25 km) long and up to 5 mi (8 km) wide, in Harney Basin, SE Oreg. It receives the basin's interior drainage. A national wildlife refuge is there. ...

Great Grimsby

(Encyclopedia)Great Grimsby or Grimsby, city, North East Lincolnshire, E central England, at the mouth of the Humber River. It is one of the largest fishing ports...

Great Malvern

(Encyclopedia)Great Malvern môlˈvərn, môˈ– [key] or Malvern, town, Worcestershire, W central England, on ...

Great Zimbabwe

(Encyclopedia)Great Zimbabwe zĭmbäbˈwā [key] [Bantu,=stone houses], ruined city, SE Zimbabwe, near Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria). Its mortarless, curving granite walls and buildings were constructed in 11th...

Baker Lake

(Encyclopedia)Baker Lake, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, W of Chesterfield Inlet of Hudson Bay. It has a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at its western end. ...