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Davis Strait

(Encyclopedia)Davis Strait, c.400 mi (640 km) long and c.180 mi (290 km) wide at the narrowest point, between Greenland and Baffin Island, NE Canada, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Baffin Bay. Large amounts of i...

isotherm

(Encyclopedia)isotherm, line drawn on a map of a particular region of the earth's surface connecting points of equal temperature; each point reflects one temperature reading or an average of several readings over a...

apogee

(Encyclopedia)apogee ăpˈəjē [key], point farthest from the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis. ...

Gananoque

(Encyclopedia)Gananoque gănənŏkˈwē, –wə [key], town, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence R...

Kwekwe

(Encyclopedia)Kwekwe, formerly Que Que both: kwāˈkwāˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 75,425), central Zimbabwe, founded 1900. It is a gold-mining center and the focal point of Zimbabwe's iron and steel industry. ...

Leamington, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Leamington lēˈmĭngtən, lĕmˈ– [key], town (1991 pop. 14,182), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Erie. A market-gardening area located in one of Canada's warmer regions, it also is the gateway to Point Pe...

perigee

(Encyclopedia)perigee pĕrˈĭjē [key], point nearest the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis. ...

perihelion

(Encyclopedia)perihelion pĕrˌəhēˈlēən [key], point nearest the sun in the orbit of a body about the sun. See apsis. ...

Shimada

(Encyclopedia)Shimada shĭmäˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 73,810), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Oi River. It is a distribution point for timber and rice and a center for woodworking, chemica...

Jalpaiguri

(Encyclopedia)Jalpaiguri jəlpīˈgo͝orē [key], town (1991 pop. 68,732), West Bengal state, NE India, on the Tista River. It is the administrative center for a district that produces tea, rice, jute, tobacco, tim...