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East Cleveland
(Encyclopedia)East Cleveland, city (2020 pop. 13,792), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1911. Mostly residential, it has some declining light indust...Tingo María
(Encyclopedia)Tingo María, city (1993 pop. 43,152), capital of Leoncio Prado prov., Huánuco dept., central Peru. The region's subtropical forest supports a variety of wood-processing indusries. The city is the si...Cheshunt
(Encyclopedia)Cheshunt chĕsˈənt [key], town, Hertfordshire, SE England. A suburb of London, it is a mark...Garden of the Gods
(Encyclopedia)Garden of the Gods, park, 770 acres (312 hectares), central Colo., near Colorado Springs; noted for its unusual, multicolored rock formations. Narrow-crested sandstone hills and ridges have been erode...Butler
(Encyclopedia)Butler, city (2020 pop. 12,699), seat of Butler co., W Pa.; inc. as a borough 1817, as a city 1917. It is located in an area with coal, natural gas, oil...Buxton
(Encyclopedia)Buxton, town, Derbyshire, central England, on the Wye River in Peak District National Park. It is c.1,000 ft (305 m) high; the “old town” is on a hi...Wantagh
(Encyclopedia)Wantagh wŏnˈtô [key], uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 18,567), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the S shore of Long Island. A causeway leads to Jones Beach State Park. ...Saluda
(Encyclopedia)Saluda, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W S.C., and flowing southeast across the Piedmont to the Broad River (with which it forms the Congaree) near Columbia. The Saluda Dam (...Imaichi
(Encyclopedia)Imaichi ēmīˈchē [key], former city, Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An agricultural market and tourist center near Nikko National Park, it was merged into the city of Nikko in 2006. ...Painted Desert
(Encyclopedia)Painted Desert, badlands on the northeastern bank of the Little Colorado River, NE Ariz., stretching c.200 mi (320 km) SE from the Grand Canyon; includes Petrified Forest National Park. Striking bands...Browse by Subject
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