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Orange River

(Encyclopedia)Orange River, chief river of S Africa, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the Maluti Mts., N Lesotho. It flows SW through Lesotho, then meanders northwest and west through central South Africa, for...

Dead River

(Encyclopedia)Dead River, 45 mi (72 km) long, rising on the Canadian border, NW Maine, and flowing northeast through a hunting and fishing region to the Kennebec River. Long Falls Dam, on the Dead River, generates ...

Hudson, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Hudson, river, c.315 mi (510 km) long, rising in Lake Tear of the Clouds, on Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y., and flowing generally S to Upper New York Bay at New York City; the Mohawk River...

New Castile

(Encyclopedia)New Castile, Spain: see Castile.

New Galicia

(Encyclopedia)New Galicia: see Nueva Galicia.

New Lanark

(Encyclopedia)New Lanark, Scotland: see Lanark.

New Sarum

(Encyclopedia)New Sarum, England: see Salisbury. ...

New Spain

(Encyclopedia)New Spain: see Mexico, country.

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