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Scruggs, Earl Eugene

(Encyclopedia)Scruggs, Earl Eugene, 1924–2012, American banjo player, b. Flint Hill, N.C. He developed a distinctive syncopated, three-finger style on the five-string banjo that changed the way it is played. From...

Ouachita

(Encyclopedia)Ouachita wôˈshĭtôˌ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., W Ark. It flows east, southeast, and south through a cotton-producing region of S Arkansas and NE Louisiana a...

Changpai

(Encyclopedia)Changpai, mountain range, China: see Changbai. ...

Altay

(Encyclopedia)Altay: see Altai, mountain system, Asia. ...

Tsinling

(Encyclopedia)Tsinling, mountain range, China: see Qinling. ...

Gotthard Tunnel

(Encyclopedia)Gotthard Tunnel: see Saint Gotthard, mountain group. ...

Fujiyama

(Encyclopedia)Fujiyama, mountain, Japan: see Fuji, Mount. ...

Tien Shan

(Encyclopedia)Tien Shan, mountain system: see Tian Shan. ...

Clingmans Dome

(Encyclopedia)Clingmans Dome, mountain, Tenn.: see Great Smoky Mountains. ...

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