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Boyoma Falls
(Encyclopedia)Boyoma Falls bōyōˈmə [key], formerly Stanley Falls, seven cataracts on the Lualaba River, extending c.60 mi (100 km) between Kisangani and Ubundu, N central Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa. The f...Reichenbach Falls
(Encyclopedia)Reichenbach Falls, waterfalls, total drop 656 ft (200 m), S central Switzerland, where the Reichenbach River joins the Aare River. Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts (c.300 ft/90 ...Stanley Falls
(Encyclopedia)Stanley Falls: see Boyoma Falls. ...Beaver Falls
(Encyclopedia)Beaver Falls, city (2020 pop. 8,232), Beaver co., W Pa., on falls of the Beaver River near its junction with the Ohio; settled c.1793, inc. 1868. The ci...Sioux Falls
(Encyclopedia)Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in 1862 because of Na...Shoshone Falls
(Encyclopedia)Shoshone Falls, 212 ft (65 m) high, flowing over a rim 900 ft (274 m) wide in the Snake River, S Idaho. Once a great spectacle, the falls have been reduced by irrigation projects upstream. ...Cedar Falls
(Encyclopedia)Cedar Falls, city (2020 pop. 40,713), Black Hawk co., N Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. 1854. It developed as a milling center in the late 19th-century a...Central Falls
(Encyclopedia)Central Falls, city (2020 pop. 22,583), Providence co., N R.I., on the Blackstone River NW of Pawtucket; inc. 1895. It is a small industrial center, now...James Bay Project
(Encyclopedia)James Bay Project, a colossal hydroelectric development of the rivers emptying into the E James Bay, central Quebec, Canada. La Grande Phase I, finished in 1985, created the world's largest undergroun...Hudson River school
(Encyclopedia)Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United States by such w...Browse by Subject
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