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Tiflis

(Encyclopedia)Tiflis: see Tbilisi, Georgia.

Dariel

(Encyclopedia)Dariel, pass, Georgia: see Daryal. ...

Chattahoochee

(Encyclopedia)Chattahoochee chătˌəho͞oˈchē [key], river, 436 mi (702 km) long, rising in N Ga., and flowing generally SW to the Ala.-Ga. border and then S along it to join the Flint River in Lake Seminole on ...

Iberian Gates

(Encyclopedia)Iberian Gates, pass, Georgia: see Daryal. ...

Kasbek, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kasbek, Mount: see Kazbek, Mount, Georgia. ...

Fraser, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Fraser, chief river of British Columbia, Canada, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long. It rises in the Rocky Mts., at Yellowhead Pass, near the British Columbia–Alta. line and flows northwest through the Rocky ...

McGillivray, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)McGillivray, Alexander məgĭlˈĭvrā [key], 1759–93, Native American chief. He was born in the Creek country now within the borders of the state of Alabama, the son of Lachlan McGillivray, a Scots...

Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...

Brasstown Bald

(Encyclopedia)Brasstown Bald, peak, 4,784 ft (1,458 m) high, N Ga., in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mts., near the N.C. line. It is the highest point in Georgia. ...

White Rock

(Encyclopedia)White Rock, city (1991 pop. 16,314), SE British Columbia, Canada, on Georgia Strait and on the U.S. border. The city is a customs port and resort center with a residential area. ...