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Zambezi
Zambezi , river, c.1,700 mi (2,740 km) long, rising in NW Zambia, S central Africa, and flowing in an S-shaped course generally E through E Angola, along the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, and through central Mozambique to the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, near Chinde. The upper Zambezi flows... Read more |
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Periodic disease
Familial Mediterranean fever Definition Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited disorder characterized by an inflammatory response recurring with attacks of fever accompanied by intense painin the abdomen, chest, or joints. Attacks usually last 12–72 hours... Read more |
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Languedoc
Languedoc , region and former province, S France, bounded by the foot of the Pyrenees, the upper Garonne River, the Auvergne Mts., the Rhône, and the Mediterranean. It comprises the departments of Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère, and Pyrénées Orientales. The Garonne... Read more |
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Nile River
NILE RIVER the longest river in africa and, arguably, the world. The Nile (Bahr al-Nil) dominates the landscape of eastern and northern Africa as well as the lives and livelihood of its people. The Nile traverses 35 degrees of latitude and 4,200 miles in its flow from Burundi in the East... Read more |
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Congo
Congo or Zaïre , great river of equatorial Africa, c.2,720 mi (4,380 km) long, formed by the waters of the Lualaba River and its tributary, the Luvua River, and flowing generally N and W through Congo (Kinshasa) to the Atlantic Ocean. Course The second longest river of Africa and one of... Read more |
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Palestinian Arabs
Palestinians ETHNONYM: Filastinyoun Orientation Identification. Palestinians inhabit an area east of the Mediterranean Sea and south of Lebanon. The Jordan River, Lakes Huleh and Tiberias, and the Dead Sea separate Palestine from Jordan. Palestinian territory stretches as far south as... Read more |
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Catalonia
Catalonia , Catalan Catalunya, Span. Cataluña, autonomous region (1990 pop. 6,165,638), NE Spain, stretching from the Pyrenees at the French border southward along the Mediterranean Sea. Land and Economy Catalonia comprises four provinces, named after their capitals: Barcelona , Girona... Read more |
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Rishon Le-Zion
RISHON LE-ZION Town in central Israel, seven miles southeast of Tel Aviv, stretching to the Mediterranean coastline. Formerly known as Ayun Qara, Rishon le-Zion was founded in 1882 by ten Zionist settlers from Russia under the leadership of Zalman Levontin. They were soon joined by 100... Read more |
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Provencal
Provencal ETHNONYM: Proven |
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