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  • 71Bihar — /bee hahr /, n. 1. a state in NE India. 62,700,000; 67,164 sq. mi. (173,955 sq. km). Cap.: Patna. 2. a city in the central part of this state. 100,052. Also, Behar. * * * State (pop., 2001 prelim.: 82,878,796), northeastern India. Bordered by… …

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  • 72Shantung — /shan tung / or, for 2, /shan tung/; for 1, also Chin. /shahn doong /, n. 1. Shandong. 2. (often l.c.) Textiles. a. a heavy pongee. Cf. tussah. b. a fabric imitating this, of rayon or cotton. * * * ▪ province …

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  • 73Amazon River — Portuguese Rio Amazonas River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and area of drainage basin, and only the Nile River of northeastern Africa exceeds it in length. It originates within 100 mi (160 km) of the… …

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  • 74Yalu River — Chinese Yalu Jiang or Ya lü Chiang Korean Amnok kang River, eastern Asia, between northeastern China and North Korea. Some 491 mi (790 km) long, it rises on the northern border of North Korea, then flows to Korea Bay. It is an important source of …

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  • 75Yangtze River — Chinese Chang Jiang or Ch ang Chiang River, China. Rising in the eastern Kunlun Mountains in western China, it flows southeast, continuing east across Yunnan province and then across the rest of south central China to the East China Sea near… …

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  • 76continental landform — ▪ geology Introduction       any conspicuous topographic feature on the largest land areas of the Earth. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic (volcanism) cones), plateaus, and valleys. (The term landform also can be applied to… …

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  • 77Carabane — Coordinates: 12°32′16″N 16°42′03″W / 12.5378°N 16.7008°W / 12.5378; 16.7008 …

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  • 78Mummy Cave — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 79alluvial — [19] Alluvial material is material that has been washed down and deposited by running water. Hence the term; for its ultimate source, Latin lavere (a variant of lavāre, which produced English latrine, laundry, lava, lavatory, lavish, and lotion) …

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  • 80mountain valley —     a) Any small, externally drained V shaped depression (in cross section) cut or deepened by a stream and floored with alluvium, or a broader, U shaped depression modified by an alpine glacier and floored with either till or alluvium, that… …

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