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Shickshock Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Shickshock Mountains, range of the Appalachian system, E Que., Canada, a continuation of the Notre Dame Mts., extending c.100 mi (160 km) east-west near the north coast of the Gaspé Peninsula. Tablet...

Fitchburg

(Encyclopedia)Fitchburg, industrial city (2020 pop. 41,946), seat of Worcester co., N Mass., on the north branch of the Nashua River; settled c.1730, inc. as a city 1...

Porz am Rhein

(Encyclopedia)Porz am Rhein pôrts äm rīn [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine River; chartered 1951. Manufactures of this industrial city include glass and agricultural machinery. ...

Ayrshire

(Encyclopedia)Ayrshire or Ayr, former county, SW Scotland. Ayrshire became part of the Strathclyde region in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996, Strathclyde was dissolved and the council areas of ...

Oss

(Encyclopedia)Oss ôs [key], city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, elect...

Fridley

(Encyclopedia)Fridley, city (2020 pop. 29,590), Anoka co., SE Minn., a suburb north of Minneapolis, on the Mississippi River; settled 1847, inc. as a city 1957. A dis...

Egersund

(Encyclopedia)Egersund āˈgərso͝on [key], town, Rogaland co., S Norway, a modern fishing port on the North ...

Hay, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Hay, river, c.530 mi (850 km) long, rising in several headstreams in NE British Columbia and NW Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE through NW Alta., over Alexander Falls, and into Great Slave Lak...

Helmond

(Encyclopedia)Helmond hĕlˈmônt [key], city, North Brabant prov., SE Netherlands, on the Aa River. Manufa...

Bergisch-Gladbach

(Encyclopedia)Bergisch-Gladbach bĕrˈgĭsh-glätˈbäkhˌ [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany; chartered 1856. ...