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Belt, Great, and Little Belt

(Encyclopedia)Belt, Great, and Little Belt, straits: see Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, straits, Denmark. ...

North, Douglass Cecil

(Encyclopedia)North, Douglass Cecil, 1920–2015, American economic historian, b. Cambridge, Mass., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1952. North was on the faculty at the Univ. of Washington, Seattle (1950–83...

Catawba, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Catawba kətôˈbə [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They have for centuries occupied a r...

North Atlantic Drift

(Encyclopedia)North Atlantic Drift, warm ocean current in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a continuation of the Gulf Stream, the merging point being at lat. 40°N and long. 60°W. Off the British Isl...

North Valley Stream

(Encyclopedia)North Valley Stream, uninc. town (1990 pop. 14,574), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential.

North Ossetia-Alania

(Encyclopedia)North Ossetia-Alania: see Ossetia. ...

North China Plain

(Encyclopedia)North China Plain: see Huang He.

British North Borneo

(Encyclopedia)British North Borneo: see Sabah, Malaysia. ...

Little River Canyon National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Little River Canyon National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

North Miami Beach

(Encyclopedia)North Miami Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 35,359), Dade co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1931. It is a major office and retail area. ...