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Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, 160‐foot waterfall on the border of the United States and Canada, over which the Niagara River waters of Lake Erie flow into Lake Ontario. Niagara Falls was first seen by Europeans in the late seventeenth century. With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, Niagara became Ameri...
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Hudson River school
Hudson River school group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United States by such writers as Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. At the same time, American painters were stud...
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Twin Falls
Twin Falls city (1990 pop. 27,591), seat of Twin Falls co., S Idaho, in the Snake River valley; inc. 1905. The city began as a center of a private irrigation project, which is supplemented by the Minidoka project of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. One of the falls of Twin Falls in the nearby gorge ...
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Orlando
Orlando , city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. Orlando's economy focuses on aerospace and electronics, but tourism brings in the largest revenues. Located 15 mi ...
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Thomas Burnet
Thomas Burnet c.1635-1715, English cleric and scientist, b. Croft, in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Northallerton and Cambridge. Following travels in Europe, Burnet published in 1681 the first two parts of his theory of the formation of the earth under the title Telluris theoria sacra (E...
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Redding
Redding city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. Redding is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities. Simpson Univ. i...
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Churchill Falls
Churchill Falls spectacular waterfalls of the upper Churchill River, 245 ft (75 m) high, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada; known as Grand Falls until renamed (1965) in honor of Sir Winston Churchill. The falls were first explored (1839) by John McLean, a trader of the Hudson Bay Company. Four miles (6.4 k...
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pheromones
pheromones any of a variety of substances, secreted by many animal species, that alter the behavior of individuals of the same species. Sex attractant pheromones, secreted by a male or female to attract the opposite sex, are widespread among insects. The pheromones produced by males include a subst...
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Edam
Edam , town (1994 pop. 25,640), North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on IJsselmeer lake; chartered 1357. It is a picturesque town that attracts many tourists. Edam is noted for its cheese.
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Death Valley
Death Valley SE Calif. and SW Nev., a deep, arid basin, 140 mi (225 km) long, bordered on the W by the Panamint Range and on the E by the Amargosa Range. In summer the valley has recorded some of the world's highest air temperatures (134°F/57°C) and ground temperatures (165°F/74°C)....
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