Search results for "Mountain States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- fish species in the country. Diversity—mountain, glacier, forest, rainforest ... valleys, lowland forest, glacier-capped mountain peaks and a great variety ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo ... . It is the fourth longest river system in the United States and the ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the ... and additional territory in adjoining states. This included the Black ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- basin, fringed on all sides by protective mountain rages. The mountain ring ... of the Takla Makan came when warring states began to plunder the desert ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- "potholing," or (in the United States) "spelunking." ... Italy, Australia, the UK, and the United States. As a result, explored caves ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- later, he wrote an antithetical book, The Mountain People, about Uganda's ... became a naturalized citizen of the United States and Towles decided to become ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- The name Hanshan means “Cold Cliff,” “Cold Mountain,” or “Cold ... Temple; itself located within the Taishan Mountain range on China's southeast ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- The Appalachian dulcimer, also called a mountain dulcimer, is a narrower ... The hammered dulcimer (as well as the mountain dulcimer), can also ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- The Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern ... four of these peaks (Blake Peak, Cliff Mountain, Nye Mountain, and Couchsachraga ...25 KB (3,782 words) - 05:58, 15 June 2023
- #039;s traits: Deeply tied roots to United States politics and the military ... for four years in the United States Congress. Terry L. Beckenbaugh ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 04:50, 14 June 2023
- third president of the United States, and founder of the University ... cent coin (the “nickel”) of the United States coined from 1938 to 2003 ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest ... from spiritual pursuits to hiking and mountain biking trails, as well as ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from Canada's British Columbia through the U.S. states of ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located ... The park is on the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range, ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain. It is owned and operated ... selected a site at 5,600 feet on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California ...11 KB (1,644 words) - 17:07, 10 November 2022
- The last part of the continental United States to be mapped, the remote ... extension to the southeast, Fifty Mile Mountain, runs nearly to the Colorado ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 14:39, 31 December 2022
- Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located ... historians disagree, and claim that the mountain was named after the Teton ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- in rhyolite lava flows like those at Topaz Mountain in western Utah. It may be found with fluorite and cassiterite. It can be found in the Ural ...5 KB (639 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National ... Situated in the eastern part of the United States, its annual tourism is double ...27 KB (4,145 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- Virginia, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837 ... Virginia Infantry, as a colonel in the Confederate States Army. ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- century. Archaeologists from the United States, Italy, France and Libya ... announced the development of the Green Mountain Conservation and Development ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) was the first United ... of the defining attributes of the United States. The initial expedition and ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- are stories of yetis coming down from the mountain to feed off of livestock ... the first time, the world's largest mountain, Mount Everest, some in ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 09:58, 23 May 2023
- border. It is divided into three federal states: Gharb Darfur (West Darfur ... The plains are punctuated by occasional mountain ranges. The plateau is bordered ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 22:17, 25 January 2024
- effect of racial prejudice in the United States. The book was a co-winner ... says he "lived in 20 places in eight states and Canada".Wallace ...23 KB (3,464 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- shield volcanoes that today form two mountain ranges, Wai ... The opening battle of World War II in the Pacific for the United States ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- in anthropological studies in the United States a few years earlier, and ... From 1941 to 1944, Radin taught at Black Mountain College, and then ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:29, 23 November 2022
- the center of the universe; the eastern mountain is green, the southern is ... to metaphorically represent five different states of combat. Xingyiquan practitioners ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- in Arizona. In the southwestern United States, canyons are important archeologically ... canyon is generally used in the United States, while the word gorge is ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- higher education for women in the United States. It went on to be the model ... title=Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ... of a homeless life visiting the famous mountain centers of China, Shenxiu ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- of the desert also extend into the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, and Gujarat ... natural borders, including the Aravalli Mountain Range to the southeast and ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως) a mountain in Macedonia, northern ... version of the story, Poseidon used the mountain to bury the defeated giant. ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- southern Canada through most of the United States to Mexico, Central America ... " A popular cynical office poster states, "Eagles may soar, but ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- like ridge of land or rock in the United States and Canada that runs westward ... Affectionately referred to as "the mountain" by its residents, ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 23:26, 14 November 2022
- quot; experience, associating his mountain spires with majestic cathedrals ... as well as to the southern United States. In the Fall of 1861, Bierdstadt ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- demand among other Teton bands. A United States Army soldier, at Fort Bennett ... with Touch the Clouds) against the United States Army, but saw no major action ...12 KB (1,889 words) - 16:24, 27 December 2023
- that Jesus seems have gone up the mountain not to gain a better platform ... to Jesus healing the sick, so he climbs a mountain and speaks to his disciples. ...16 KB (2,654 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- the orchestral tone poem, Night on Bald Mountain, and the piano suite, Pictures ... orchestral version of his Night on Bald Mountain (which Balakirev criticized ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- Chinchilla (chinchillas), Lagidium (mountain viscachas), and Lagostomus ... arid, and rugged areas of transverse mountain chains in north-central ...19 KB (2,808 words) - 22:35, 13 January 2023
- prairie regions of Canada and the United States, such as Alberta, Manitoba ... Medicine wheels are sited throughout northern United States and southern ...19 KB (2,854 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- final defeat, some believe the the United States would have remained divided ... Russell's men slipped across South Mountain and reached McClellan's ...18 KB (2,860 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- words popōca (it smokes) and tepētl (mountain), meaning Smoking Mountain ... Mexico City, but they soon moved into the mountain range in order to live among ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- there is no evidence that any such mountain range of silver ever existed ... of the west to 80 inches in the eastern mountain region. The upper basin ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- the Lingnan circuit, (or literally "Mountain-South" circuit) in ... to southeast Asia, the Western United States, and Canada. ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- robust campaign on behalf of the Southern states would help them, once defeated ... Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, high mountain of Rocky ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 11:49, 14 November 2021
- and magazines. In 1905 he founded the Inter-Mountain Educator, which was the first educational journal in the northern Rocky Mountain region. In ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- U.S. forces, was castigated by the United States Congress and the scandal ... 2006', the National Park Service states; "The months following ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer ... served on the side of the Northern States during the American Civil ...9 KB (1,379 words) - 06:10, 15 June 2023
- aspiration to become independent states. ==Overview== Bashkirs are ... between Ufa and Cheliabinsk in the Ural Mountain region, ca. 1910.]] ...10 KB (1,550 words) - 04:39, 11 January 2023
