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Ust-Ordyn-Buryat Autonomous Area
(Encyclopedia)Ust-Ordyn-Buryat Autonomous Area, former administrative division, 9,000 sq mi (24,000 sq km), S Siberian Russia, in the Irkutsk region. Formed in 1937, it stretched from the Baykal Mts. to the Angara ...Halifax, urban area, England
(Encyclopedia)Halifax, urban area, Calderdale metropolitan district, central England, on the Hebble, a small tributary of the Calder River. Halifax is an industrial t...Laguna District
(Encyclopedia)Laguna District [Span.,=lake], irrigated area in E Durango and W Coahuila states, N central Mexico. Originally a 900,000-acre (364,200-hectare) tract, consisting of large estates, the land was reappor...Curecanti National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Curecanti National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Chickasaw National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Chickasaw National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Amistad National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Amistad National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Gateway National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Gateway National Recreation Area, N.Y.-N.J.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Allen, Bog of
(Encyclopedia)Allen, Bog of, area of several peat bogs c.375 sq mi (971 sq km), with patches of cultivable land, in the central lowlands, E Republic of Ireland. The bog is crossed by the Grand and Royal canals. It ...productivity
(Encyclopedia)productivity, in economics, the output of any aspect of production per unit of input. It is a measure of the output of a worker, machine, or an entire national economy in the creation of goods and ser...Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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