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Sorel

(Encyclopedia)Sorel sôrĕlˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 18,786), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Richelieu rivers. It is a grain-shipping center with an important shipbuilding industry. Iron ...

Saginaw, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Saginaw, river, 22 mi (35 km) long, formed by the confluence of eight branches, SE Mich. The river drains a large area of lower Michigan and flows into Saginaw Bay (c.60 mi/100 km long and 15–25 mi/...

Orsk

(Encyclopedia)Orsk ôrsk [key], city (1989 pop. 271,000), Orenburg region, in the foothills of the S Ural Mts., central Russia, on the Ural River. It is the center of the Orsk-Khalilovo industrial area, which has r...

Stampa, Gaspara

(Encyclopedia)Stampa, Gaspara gäˈspärä stämˈpä [key], c.1523–1554, Italian poet. Plunged at an early age into the dissipated life of Venetian society, she became renowned for her brilliance and beauty. Her...

Bad Kreuznach

(Encyclopedia)Bad Kreuznach bät kroitsˈnäkh [key], city, Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, on the Nahe River. Its ...

Carlsen, Magnus

(Encyclopedia)Carlsen, Magnus (Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen), 1990–, Norwegian chess player. He became a grandmaster in 2004 at age 13, becoming the youngest player to achieve this honor, and in 2006 he won his first...

Darlington

(Encyclopedia)Darlington, city and borough, NE England, on the Skerne River near its junction with the Tees River. Darlington was a railroad center, with extensive lo...

Creusot, Le

(Encyclopedia)Creusot, Le lə krözōˈ [key], city, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy. ...

Dalälven

(Encyclopedia)Dalälven dälˈĕlˌvən [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, Kopparberg co., W central Sweden, in the mountains along the Norwegian border. It flows SE to Avesta, then NE into the Gulf of Bothnia a...

Chorzów

(Encyclopedia)Chorzów hôˈzho͞of [key], city, Śląskie prov., S Poland. A rail junction and a center of...