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bark cloth

(Encyclopedia)bark cloth, primitive fabric made in tropical and subtropical countries from the soft inner bark of certain trees. It has been made and used in parts of Africa and India, the Malay Peninsula, Samoa, t...

Sundarbans

(Encyclopedia)Sundarbans, large, heavily forested swamp region, c.3,860 sq mi (10,000 sq km), in the S Ganges delta on the Bay of Bengal, about 60% in SW Bangladesh and the rest in West Bengal state, India. The mor...

sea lion

(Encyclopedia)sea lion, fin-footed marine mammal of the eared seal family (Otariidae). Like the other member of this family, the fur seal, the sea lion is distinguished from the true seal by its external ears, long...

Bering Sea

(Encyclopedia)Bering Sea, c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait co...

Malvinas

(Encyclopedia)Malvinas: see Falkland Islands. ...

Mangareva

(Encyclopedia)Mangareva: see Gambier Islands.

Kuriles

(Encyclopedia)Kuriles: see Kuril Islands.

Chishima

(Encyclopedia)Chishima: see Kuril Islands.

Tresco

(Encyclopedia)Tresco: see Scilly Islands.

Anegada

(Encyclopedia)Anegada: see Virgin Islands.