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11748533a9764a59f6e2b07605496822 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Concord-North-Carolina | Concord | Concord
Concord, city, seat of Cabarrus county, south-central North Carolina, U.S. It lies near the eastern edge of the Piedmont region, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Charlotte. The name emanates from the amicable settlement of a dispute over the site. Concord was founded in 1796, and in 1799 the discovery of th... |
d4623b511239b64c82b8d58c12208494 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Concordia-Argentina | Concordia | Concordia
Concordia, city, northeastern Entre Ríos provincia (province), northeastern Argentina. It lies along the Uruguay River opposite Salto, Uruguay.
Founded in 1832, Concordia is the province’s major commercial and manufacturing centre. Tanneries, sawmills, flour and rice mills, lime kilns, and other factories pr... |
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Congo Canyon, large submarine canyon incised into the South Atlantic continental shelf and slope of western equatorial Africa. The head of the canyon lies 17 miles (28 km) inland, up the Congo Estuary, and has a depth of 70 feet (21 m). The canyon crosses the entire shelf with a westerly trend to the she... |
60c6a22fab9e7b8b3390ae001b8cf685 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Congo-River/Physical-features | Physical features | Physical features
The expression “Congo basin,” strictly speaking, refers to the hydrographic basin. This is not only vast but is also covered with a dense and ramified network of tributaries, subtributaries, and small rivers—with the exception of the sandy plateaus in the southwest.
The Congo basin is the most clearly... |
6bd9ab75956b10a9de5225b9eb206b33 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Congo-River/Plant-life | Plant life | Plant life
The Congo basin is home to the second largest rainforest in the world. The equatorial climate that prevails over a significant part of the Congo basin is coextensive with a dense evergreen forest. The Congolese forest spreads out over the central depression, extending continuously from about 4° N to about 5°... |
c3bbe4111ad9e977596445d9e025922c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Congo-River/Study-and-exploration | Study and exploration | Study and exploration
The question of the source of the Congo confronted European explorers from the time that the Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão encountered the river’s mouth in 1482, which he believed to be a strait providing access to the realm of the mythical Prester John, a Christian priest-king. It is virtually c... |
d4a502cd9a6e869200b7988e42c4b2ae | https://www.britannica.com/place/Conneaut | Conneaut | Conneaut
Conneaut, city, Ashtabula county, extreme northeastern Ohio, U.S., about 70 miles (115 km) northeast of Cleveland. It lies along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek and is adjacent to the Pennsylvania border. A temporary settlement, Fort Independence, was made there by a group from the Connecticut Land C... |
032b662baf450eddeda316a897c1c6f0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Constanta-county-Romania | Constanƫa | Constanƫa
Constanƫa, judeƫ (county), southeastern Romania, bounded by Bulgaria on the south. The Black Sea lies to the east, and the northward-draining Danube River delimits the county’s western border. Constanƫa judeƫ, consisting mostly of lowlands, contains several lakes. Constanƫa city, Romania’s principal seaport,... |
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Constantia, residential area, Western Cape province, South Africa, near Cape Town. It is located in Constantia Valley, famous since the 18th century for wines produced on both government and private farms. The Groot Constantia homestead there was built about 1685 by Governor Simon van der Stel and named fo... |
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Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, primitive mountain footpath and equestrian trail in the western United States that, when complete, will extend from north to south some 3,100 miles (5,000 km), from the border of Canada to the border of Mexico, through a 100-mile- (160-... |
1f6f43bac0f94839c9c250032d3a27ec | https://www.britannica.com/place/Conway-Arkansas | Conway | Conway
Conway, city, seat of Faulkner county, central Arkansas, U.S., 25 miles (40 km) north of Little Rock. Primarily a community of educational institutions, it is the home of the University of Central Arkansas (1907), Hendrix College (which moved there from Altus in 1890), and Central Baptist College (1952). Arkans... |
0ed6b39620869608e1a0ab1daeedf471 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Conwy-Castle | Conwy Castle | Conwy Castle
Conwy Castle (1283), built on the River Conwy estuary by Edward I of England, was a vital link in a chain of English strongholds in the then newly invaded North Wales. The castle guarded the entrance to the once-navigable River Conwy at the town of…
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Coober Pedy, town and mining field in central South Australia, 590 miles (950 km) northwest of Adelaide, on the Stuart Highway. Most of the total world production of opals comes from the mining site, located in the Stuart Range on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert.
Opals were discovered there in Februa... |
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Polynesians, mainly from the area now known as French Polynesia, were the only inhabitants of the Cook Islands until the 19th century. With only minor exceptions, each island was autonomous, and within each of the larger islands there were several competing ethnic communities. Spanish explorers visited several ... |
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The former district of Cookstown was bordered by the former districts of Magherafelt to the north, Omagh to the west, and Dungannon to the south. The outer limits of the Sperrin Mountains, constituting most of its northwestern portion, slope gradually eastward to the Ballinderry River valley and the flat…
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Cooma, town, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the rolling Monaro grassland plateau in the Southern Tablelands.
Cooma, established in 1849, derives its name from the Aboriginal word coombah, variously meaning “lake,” “sandbank,” “one,” or “big swamp.” The town grew during the nearby Kian... |
bc99d186fa01ece7b8da849f25096255 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Coonamble | Coonamble | Coonamble
Coonamble, town, north-central New South Wales, Australia. It lies along the Castlereagh River, at the western edge of the Pilliga Scrub district.
It was proclaimed a town in 1861 and a municipality in 1880. The Shire of Coonamble (1906) was merged with the Shire of Wingadee in 1957 and is now part of Coonam... |
aedc42cd9b769b0f0c2dd95d6ae26edc | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cooperstown | Cooperstown | Cooperstown
Cooperstown, village in Otsego and Middlefield towns (townships), seat (1791) of Otsego county, central New York, U.S. Cooperstown is situated at the southern tip of Otsego Lake, where the Susquehanna River emerges, 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Utica. The site was settled in the late 1780s by Judge Willia... |
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Copenhagen, Danish København, capital and largest city of Denmark. It is located on the islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Amager, at the southern end of The Sound (Øresund).
A small village existed on the site of the present city by the early 10th century. In 1167 Bishop Absalon of Roskilde built a castle o... |
e37f6d52bfdf9f208206682199b59bb0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Copper-Canyon-Mexico | Copper Canyon | Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre), in the western part of the state, reaches depths of 4,600 feet (1,400 metres) in places. It is larger and more spectacular than the Grand Canyon but is virtually inaccessible, though a railway traverses part of it. Among the other…
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75ff5243a4ea5960a9643793514dc75c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Corbett-National-Park | Corbett National Park | Corbett National Park
Corbett National Park, also called Jim Corbett National Park, natural area in southern Uttarakhand state, northern India. It was established as Hailey National Park in 1936 and was first renamed Ramganga in the mid-1950s, before the name was changed to Corbett later that decade in memory of Jim C... |
87645be7fafd9a912818bef25d576dee | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cordillera-de-Guanacaste | Cordillera de Guanacaste | Cordillera de Guanacaste
Cordillera de Guanacaste, range and a section of the Continental Divide in northwestern Costa Rica. It extends 70 miles (113 km) northwest–southeast and reaches a high point in the dormant Miravalles Volcano (6,627 feet [2,020 metres]). The Arenal Volcano erupted in 1968, covering the area wit... |
ff9bafa9e5ff1e2c38a0ef041620260f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cordoba-Argentina | Córdoba | Córdoba
Córdoba, city, among the largest in Argentina, and capital of Córdoba provincia (province). It lies on the Primero River along the northwest perimeter of the Pampas, where the foothills of the Córdoba Mountains meet the plains, 1,440 feet (472 metres) above sea level.
The city was founded in June 1573 by Jerón... |
b3f24c6e65630606ea7f99db067c98c7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cordoba-province-Spain | Córdoba | Córdoba
Córdoba, conventional Cordova, provincia (province) in the northern section of the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, south-central Spain. Its area is divided by the Guadalquivir River into a mountainous north, crossed by the Morena Mountains, and a fertile, undulating southern plain, know... |
c244a3f1b499da4e8b45c875cc4bcc22 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cordoba-Spain | Córdoba | Córdoba
Córdoba, conventional Cordova, city, capital of Córdoba provincia (province), in the north-central section of the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia in southern Spain. It lies at the southern foot of the Morena Mountains and on the right (north) bank of the Guadalquivir River, about 80 mile... |
c1fc91ff152634d768d54166a0fa2c7b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Coronel-Oviedo | Coronel Oviedo | Coronel Oviedo
Coronel Oviedo, town, east-central Paraguay. Founded in 1758, the town is situated in the westward extension of the Brazilian Highlands. Its economic base is varied. Oranges, tobacco, sugarcane, and timber are grown in the surrounding area, and livestock is raised and processed. There are sawmills and p... |
49610d3581fbc6c83d6c28568d28a7ee | https://www.britannica.com/place/Corpus-Christi-Bay | Corpus Christi Bay | Corpus Christi Bay
Corpus Christi Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, forming a deepwater harbour for the city of Corpus Christi, southern Texas, U.S. The bay is 25 miles (40 km) long and 3–10 miles (5–16 km) wide and is sheltered on the east from the gulf by Mustang Island. It is linked to Aransas Bay (north) and Lagun... |
56a0ead5014a92663c9cb9f12088b1ec | https://www.britannica.com/place/Corriverton | Corriverton | Corriverton
Corriverton, town, northeastern Guyana. It is situated on the estuary of the Courantyne (Corentyne) River, separating Guyana from Suriname to the east. The town is a small port, connected by ferry with Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname, across the Courantyne estuary. Corriverton is the southeastern terminus of a pa... |
e584d77da6deeec434bbfc59a3abaaed | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cortallois-Est | Cortallois-Est | Cortallois-Est
The settlement at Cortallois-Est, on Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, illustrates the main features of such sites: straight rows of equal-sized houses aligning paths and alleyways, with the whole complex contained within a perimeter fence. Each house had a fireplace with a decorated house-alter, or firedog... |
c792e1921fa1e359ff987f3d54060e2a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cortez | Cortez | Cortez
Cortez, city, seat (1889) of Montezuma county, southwestern Colorado, U.S., on the Navajo Trail, in the San Juan Basin at an elevation of 6,177 feet (1,883 metres). The Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), an early Pueblo culture, were the first known inhabitants of the region. After their mysterious disappearance about... |
d6d52c111be098ec465171951a674680 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cortland-New-York | Cortland | Cortland
Cortland, city, seat (1808) of Cortland county, central New York, U.S. It lies on the Tioughnioga River, 30 miles (48 km) south of Syracuse. Settled in 1791 and named for a prominent New York family, it is located in one of the state’s richest farming areas. Manufactures include marine equipment, asphalt, mac... |
dadd96cf195fb1154833fda09c8c6bbe | https://www.britannica.com/place/Corubal-River | Corubal River | Corubal River
The Corubal River flows east-west to form Bafatá’s southern border with the Quinará and Tombali regions and empties into the Gêba; it is navigable throughout the Bafatá region. The Bafatá Plateau, rising to about 500 feet (150 metres) above sea level, is located in central Bafatá…
The Corubal River flows ... |
ec5d38ec5f44d84ead794b532a31da92 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Corvallis | Corvallis | Corvallis
Corvallis, city, seat (1851) of Benton county, western Oregon, U.S. It lies at the head of navigation of the Willamette River at its confluence with the Mary’s River, 224 feet (68 metres) above sea level and 85 miles (137 km) south of Portland. Laid out in 1851 as Marysville, it was renamed Corvallis (Latin:... |
57cca3e078ae121de2cdb9af5156732b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Corvus-constellation | Corvus | Corvus
Corvus, (Latin: “Raven”) constellation in the southern sky at about 12 hours right ascension and 20° south in declination. The brightest star in Corvus is Gienah (from the Arabic for “right wing of the raven”), with a magnitude of 2.59. In Greek mythology this constellation is associated with Crater (Latin: “Cu... |
d8baf49c4b543b940706a6ae5631ebc2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Costa-Rica/Costa-Rica-from-1974-to-2000 | Costa Rica from 1974 to 2000 | Costa Rica from 1974 to 2000
In 1974 Daniel Oduber succeeded Figueres as president. Although both belonged to the PLN, Oduber and his predecessor soon fell out over Figueres’s ties to the U.S. financier Robert Vesco, who had found refuge in Costa Rica from an indictment on conspiracy charges in New York City. Vesco lef... |
db71719cafca9143977ac62b1ca68caa | https://www.britannica.com/place/Costa-Rica/Resources-and-power | Resources and power | Resources and power
Costa Rica’s agricultural land and climate are its most important natural resources. The country has few mineral resources. The most important are the yet-unexploited bauxite deposits in the General and Coto Brus valleys and copper in the Cordillera de Talamanca. There is manganese on and near the N... |
a20b6121971b77251fd483be2678d12c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Costa-Rica/Transition-to-democracy | Transition to democracy | Transition to democracy
Meanwhile, Costa Rica suffered an interruption in its march toward democratic, civilian-controlled government. When the country held an election under direct suffrage for the first time, in 1913, no candidate won a majority, and the Legislative Assembly chose Alfredo González Flores as president... |
467bd106ec1acba51675f0f5bcfa553b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cotyora | Cotyora | Cotyora
…was the site of ancient Cotyora, founded by Greek colonists from Sinope (modern Sinop) in the 5th century bce, and is the place from which the survivors of Xenophon’s Ten Thousand (Greeks who went to Asia to seek their fortunes) embarked for Sinope and Heraclea Pontica (modern Ereğli).
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188c6a59de8e3ab172eb36d749d7d0c7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Council-Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, city, seat (1851) of Pottawattamie county, southwestern Iowa, U.S., on the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska. The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed there in 1804 and held consultations with the Oto and Missouri Indians at a place called Council Hill or Council Bluff; a monument ... |
54cf8655f3ea8d7f9ed5adebb4423c89 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Courland | Courland | Courland
Courland, also spelled Kurland, Latvian Kurzeme, region on the Baltic seacoast, located south of the Western Dvina River and named after its inhabitants, the Latvian tribe of Curonians (Kurs, Cori, Cours; Latvian: Kursi). The duchy of Courland, formed in 1561, included this area as well as Semigallia (Zemgale... |
44454fc08070478372c297b5d620cb91 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Courthouse-Towers | Courthouse Towers | Courthouse Towers
Notable features are Balanced Rock, Courthouse Towers (with spires that resemble skyscrapers), The Windows Section, Delicate Arch, Fiery Furnace (so named because it glows in the setting sun), and Devils Garden. Landscape Arch, measuring about 290 feet (88 metres) long from base to base, is one of the... |
9f5a76f0d374da08d76b304367ca4a0d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Covadonga-Mountains-National-Park | Covadonga Mountains National Park | Covadonga Mountains National Park
…the Europa Peaks, is the Covadonga Mountains National Park, which was established in 1918. The park’s heavily wooded area of 65 square miles (169 square km) shelters chamois, roe deer, wildcat, bear, and numerous birds. Pop. (2007 est.) 62.
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ff3cc33e0705c2eaf39659fc7fe46085 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Covington-Kentucky | Covington | Covington
Covington, city, one of the seats of Kenton county (the other being Independence), north-central Kentucky, U.S. It is situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers, adjoining Newport (east) and opposite Cincinnati, Ohio. The site, originally given to George Muse in return for military services, w... |
9d388ce1b73f401b0bac0e3dd3443117 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cowes-Castle | Cowes Castle | Cowes Castle
Cowes Castle (1540) was built for coastal defense by Henry VIII; it has been the headquarters of the Royal Yacht Squadron (founded 1815) since 1856. Nearby Osborne House became the seaside residence of Queen Victoria in 1845, and she died there in 1901. Annual sailing…
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9d34c1f12efadb04bfb1ea6694a3e80c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cozumel | Cozumel | Cozumel
Cozumel, island in the Caribbean Sea, about 10 miles (16 km) off the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, in Quintana Roo estado (state), southeastern Mexico.
Measuring about 29 miles (46 km) from northeast to southwest and averaging 9 miles (14 km) in width, it is the largest of Mexico’s inhabited islands.... |
629738848901fe3c2c457847c9b3e7fe | https://www.britannica.com/place/Craig-y-Llyn | Craig-y-Llyn | Craig-y-Llyn
…uplands of Hirwaun Common and Craig-y-Llyn peak, with an elevation of 1,969 feet (600 metres). Many Iron Age tools and weapons, as well as 6th-century-bce tools and ornaments fashioned from bronze, were found in the area when a small natural lake on the slopes of Craig-y-Llyn was drained to form…
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202038cadc65c26db2812c36b506fe16 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Craigellachie | Craigellachie | Craigellachie
…a joining of tracks at Craigellachie in British Columbia, Burrard Inlet, north of the Fraser mouth, was selected as a new port and was named for George Vancouver, the British naval captain who conducted the most detailed survey of this coast.
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2c7d5061c57196cb0bbfb8f6577b78a9 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cramlington | Cramlington | Cramlington
Cramlington, town (parish), unitary authority and historic county of Northumberland, northern England. It lies north-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne on the northern edge of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county.
Cramlington is a new town developed to provide alternative diversified employment in a former ... |
d64eaa35fe989124b9f5356dd4585131 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cranborne-Chase | Cranborne Chase | Cranborne Chase
…of the chalk downs (Cranborne Chase) was formerly part of a royal hunting preserve; much mixed deciduous forest remains in this area. The largest agricultural centres of the district, Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum, are both old towns (“parishes”) and were important button-manufacturing towns prior to... |
9ed634b4ddc81fb7ff1c6b91f84f481c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cranbrook-Foundation | Cranbrook Foundation | Cranbrook Foundation
The Cranbrook Foundation was established in 1927 by Ellen Scripps Booth and George G. Booth (president of the Detroit News) on their 300-acre (121-hectare) estate. Now known as Cranbrook Educational Community, it includes the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the Cranbrook Art Museum, the Cranbrook Institu... |
5afd20551a56ea481ad4e0e3f8522e88 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Crane-Memorial-Library | Crane Memorial Library | Crane Memorial Library
The Crane Memorial Library in Quincy, Massachusetts (1880–82), with its tripartite layering of a rough-faced granite base beneath continuous clerestory windows topped with a tiled gable roof and its cavernous entrance arch, stands with the finest and most characteristic works of his maturity. Ric... |
80c5313a981782b37d56517bc9f8e2c1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cranford-New-Jersey | Cranford | Cranford
Cranford, township (town), Union county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies along the Rahway River, immediately west of Elizabeth. The first permanent settler, John Denman, arrived about 1699, and the Denman Homestead (1720) is marked by a plaque. A bronze tablet identifies Crane’s Ford, where, during the ... |
484736fad795ccc86bcff1c46677fd0f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Craters-of-the-Moon-National-Monument-and-Preserve | Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve | Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, region of volcanic cones, craters, and lava flows near the foot of the Pioneer Mountains in south-central Idaho, U.S., 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Arco. The craters (more than 35), which have probably been extinct ... |
dd19109f517743395741c1f7ee4a74b4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Crawley-England | Crawley | Crawley
Crawley, district (borough) and town, administrative county of West Sussex, southern England. Most of the borough belongs to the historic county of Sussex, but its northern portion is within the historic county of Surrey.
Crawley is an ancient town, having received a charter from King John in 1202, but the rem... |
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Creamery Bridge, a well-preserved covered bridge, is 2 miles (3 km) west. Rudyard Kipling, the English author, married Caroline Balestier of Brattleboro in 1892 and lived for several years at an estate north of the village. Area 32 square miles (83 square km). Pop. (2000)…
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6d08c6556512ec1107454300f85d0409 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cremona-Italy | Cremona | Cremona
Cremona, city, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione (region), northern Italy, on the north bank of the Po River southeast of Milan. It was founded by the Romans in 218 bc on the site of an earlier Gallic village of the Cenomani. Virgil, the Roman poet, went to school there. With the decline of the Roman Empire, Cremon... |
7489f69c414676f9fb33320e00ea9554 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Crimean-Peninsula | Crimean Peninsula | Crimean Peninsula
Crimean Peninsula, Ukrainian Krymsky Pivostriv, Russian Krymskiy Poluostrov, peninsula coterminous with the autonomous republic of Crimea, Ukraine, lying between the Black Sea and Sea of Azov and having an area of 10,400 square miles (27,000 square km). The Crimean Peninsula is linked to the mainland... |
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Cripple Creek, city, seat (1899) of Teller county, central Colorado, U.S., overlooked by Mount Pisgah (10,400 feet [3,170 metres]). It lies west of Colorado Springs in a granite pocket 9,600 feet (2,925 metres) above sea level, at the edge of Pike National Forest. In 1891 gold was discovered in nearby Po... |
f67b06863b025a0288795854211162b9 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Croatia | Croatia | Croatia
Croatia, country located in the northwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is a small yet highly geographically diverse crescent-shaped country. Its capital is Zagreb, located in the north.
The present-day republic is composed of the historically Croatian regions of Croatia-Slavonia (located in the upper ar... |
edf7b7a85cdb73797d1c4fd2232daab2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Croatia/People | People | People
A variety of ethnic groups coexist within the republic. Croats constitute about nine-tenths of the population. Serbs make up the largest minority group; however, their proportion fell dramatically as a result of the 1990s war of independence—from more than one-tenth of the population before the war to less than ... |
1fd3d80140c3c1edebf994f9ee1c17d8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Crown-Point-New-York | Crown Point | Crown Point
Crown Point, town (township), Essex county, northeastern New York, U.S., on Lake Champlain, just north of Ticonderoga. Putnam Creek, named for the American Revolutionary War general Israel Putnam, flows through the town, which includes the hamlets of Crown Point, Crown Point Center, and Ironville. In 1609 ... |
f50367483e0935c61e666ba37c6704c8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Croydon-borough-London | Croydon | Croydon
Croydon, outer borough of London, England, on the southern edge of the metropolis. It is in the historic county of Surrey. The present borough was established in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former county borough of Croydon and the adjacent district of Coulsdon and Purley. It includes the areas of (roughly ... |
a85892688c903cd7571a5264929b4cfe | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ctesiphon-ancient-city-Iraq | Ctesiphon | Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon, also spelled Tusbun, or Taysafun, ancient city located on the left (northeast) bank of the Tigris River about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of modern Baghdad, in east-central Iraq. It served as the winter capital of the Parthian empire and later of the Sāsānian empire. The site is famous for the rema... |
39fdb5a01de0f4d0acf692dba441dc35 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Filibustering-and-the-struggle-for-independence | Filibustering and the struggle for independence | Filibustering and the struggle for independence
The demands of sugar—labourers, capital, machines, technical skills, and markets—strained ethnic relations, aggravated political and economic differences between metropolis and colony, and laid the foundation for the break with Spain in 1898. Spanish colonial administrati... |
8393b1008d0ed84f09f1d08749a25577 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Languages | Languages | Languages
Spanish is the principal language of Cuba. Although there are no local dialects, the island’s diverse ethnic groups have influenced speech patterns. Africans, in particular, have greatly enriched the vocabulary and contributed the soft, somewhat nasal accent and rhythmic intonation that distinguish contempora... |
e53c5ddd33e53b95cc383a2d722a4f3f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/National-evolution-and-Soviet-influence | National evolution and Soviet influence | National evolution and Soviet influence
Cuba’s erratic drift toward socialism and its growing dependence on the Soviet Union divided both the leadership and the country at large. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans, especially skilled workers and wealthy investors, emigrated to the United States (principally to Miami, Flor... |
5eca0d242c1a1fd9075047ac8d923c90 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuenca-Ecuador | Cuenca | Cuenca
Cuenca, in full Santa Ana de Cuenca, city, south-central Ecuador. It lies in an intermontane basin (cuenca) of the Andes Mountains at an elevation of 8,517 feet (2,596 metres) on the Matadero River, a tributary of the Paute River. The Spanish colonial city was founded in 1557 by the conquistador Gil Ramírez Dav... |
afdb39a24da876f5918351a165288af5 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Desmond-historical-region-Ireland | Desmond | Desmond
Desmond, Old Irish Des-muma (South Munster), an ancient territorial division of Ireland approximating the modern counties of Kerry and Cork. Between the 11th and 17th centuries, the name was often used for two quite distinct areas. Gaelic Desmond extended over the modern County Kerry south of the River Maine a... |
e4cd457d1071a293634aeee071badd2d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dessau | Dessau | Dessau
Dessau, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies on the Mulde River at its confluence with the Elbe River, northeast of Halle. The German town, which developed from a Sorbian settlement, was first mentioned in 1213. From 1603 until 1918 it was the residence of the counts, princes, and duk... |
f7c30bd59f4e48f664d5f26fa45fe682 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Detmold-Germany | Detmold | Detmold
Detmold, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies on the eastern slope of the Teutoburg Forest (Teutoburger Wald), on the Werre River. The capital, from the 12th century, of the former principality and Land of Lippe, Detmold was chartered about 1350. About 3 miles (5 km) to the ... |
74d7022790c6026bc399224b7ed6e8fc | https://www.britannica.com/place/Detroit-Medical-College | Detroit Medical College | Detroit Medical College
…of these antecedents was the Detroit Medical College, founded in 1868 and now the School of Medicine. Detroit Teachers College (founded 1881) and the College of the City of Detroit (founded 1917) were also important antecedents of Wayne State. After the merger, the university was known as Wayne... |
ea83588e2f7626f7ab716069eca6cc3f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Detroit-River-Railroad-Tunnel | Detroit River Railroad Tunnel | Detroit River Railroad Tunnel
…its present form on the Detroit River Railroad Tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario (1906–10). A prime advantage is the avoidance of high costs and the risks of operating a shield under high air pressure, since work inside the sunken tube is at atmospheric pressure (free air).
…the... |
4f5a709246886bfeacabe086cb94588d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Deutsche-Schauspielhaus | Deutsche Schauspielhaus | Deutsche Schauspielhaus
The Deutsche Schauspielhaus, a leading theatre, enjoyed a particularly high reputation from 1955 to 1963, when Gustaf Gründgens directed and performed there. The Thalia-Theater, founded in 1843, with a multifaceted program that includes plenty of light entertainment, is popular with local audien... |
1a6624baae7ceb27e52ac0dd563be377 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Development-Bank-of-the-Republic-of-Niger | Development Bank of the Republic of Niger | Development Bank of the Republic of Niger
…through the agency of the Development Bank of the Republic of Niger, which is funded partly by aid from abroad, has promoted the establishment of many companies, including real estate, road transport, air transport, and agricultural processing enterprises.
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a8045d13b51ea6f51228031c299e5ed1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devils-Garden | Devils Garden | Devils Garden
…in the setting sun), and Devils Garden. Landscape Arch, measuring about 290 feet (88 metres) long from base to base, is one of the longest natural freestanding spans of rock in the world; since 1991 large pieces of the formation have fallen, though the arch remains intact. In 2008 Wall…
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8c489609adabb727768e475684b87268 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devils-Hole | Devils Hole | Devils Hole
…of the North Sea, including Devils Hole off Edinburgh, where depths exceed 1,500 feet (450 metres), and Silver Pit, nearly 320 feet (95 metres) deep, off the bay of The Wash in England. These trenches may have been formed at the time of the last glaciation, when parts of the…
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4cbd93eab0649ef65bd30bba5aa952f4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devils-Peak-mountain-Hong-Kong-China | Devil’s Peak | Devil’s Peak
…650 feet (198 metres) at Devil’s Peak. Victoria (Hong Kong) Harbour is well protected by mountains on Hong Kong Island that include Victoria Peak in the west, which rises to 1,810 feet (552 metres), and Mount Parker in the east, which reaches a height of about 1,742 feet (531 metres).
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2de247b978860867f448e03243107de2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devils-Woodyard | Devil’s Woodyard | Devil’s Woodyard
…of which is called the Devil’s Woodyard. In the southwest of the island is the deep asphalt deposit known as Pitch Lake.
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b6cf5735350368b032dbff8f6abdc6fe | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devizes | Devizes | Devizes
Devizes, town (parish), administrative and historical county of Wiltshire, southwestern England. It lies along the disused Kennet and Avon Canal, at the edge of Roundway Down.
It was the site of a Roman fortification, Castrum Divisarum; and Roger, bishop of Salisbury, built a castle there about 1132. The name ... |
c83a52c9c842ee38deafac3fedce9c75 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devon | Devon | Devon
Devon, administrative, geographic, and historic county of England. It forms part of the South West (or Cornish) Peninsula of Great Britain and is bounded to the west by Cornwall and to the east by Dorset and Somerset. The Bristol Channel lies to the north, and the English Channel abuts it to the south.
The admin... |
5c4dbe06a8593a319acb7308e2a926fa | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devon-Island | Devon Island | Devon Island
Devon Island, largest of the Parry Islands, in Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean south of Ellesmere Island and west of Baffin Bay. It is about 320 miles (515 km) long, 80–100 miles (130–160 km) wide, and has an area of 21,331 square miles (55,247 square km). Chiefly an ice-covered plateau, the island r... |
f43b83a6ebf309d707ac7557a5a17310 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Devonport-area-Auckland-New-Zealand | Devonport | Devonport
Devonport, in North Shore ward, is the chief naval base and dockyard for New Zealand. A natural gas pipeline runs from the Maui field to Auckland.
…includes the former boroughs of Devonport and Takapuna. Devonport is one of Auckland’s oldest suburbs, with beaches and homes of the Auckland affluent, and it is ... |
f8235d2259daa6859542404d0eb18768 | https://www.britannica.com/place/DeWitt-Chestnut-Apartments | DeWitt–Chestnut Apartments | DeWitt–Chestnut Apartments
…by Fazlur Khan in the DeWitt–Chestnut Apartments (1963) in Chicago; the building rises 43 stories (116 metres, or 387 feet). Lateral stability was achieved by closely spaced columns placed around the building perimeter and connected together by deep beams. The next step in concrete high-rise... |
3cd8c86a22ca3cdc26903695d3d5a20c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dewsbury | Dewsbury | Dewsbury
Dewsbury, town in Kirklees metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies along the River Calder 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Leeds.
Dewsbury (which was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086) had a woolen industry as early as the 13th ce... |
6a98f5f75ffc2dd555cccfe5ef9b8bbf | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dhamar-Yemen | Dhamār | Dhamār
Dhamār, town, western Yemen, lying in the Yemen Highlands, in a valley 12 miles (19 km) wide between two volcanic peaks at 8,000 feet (2,400 metres) above sea level. Although local tradition dates many of the sites in the district to biblical times, the first certain historical mention of Dhamār is by the Arab ... |
d6d28a04e87e2ca13a905b574fc59fe8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dharmanagar-Valley | Dharmanagar Valley | Dharmanagar Valley
…valleys—from east to west, the Dharmanagar, the Kailashahar, the Kamalpur, and the Khowai, all carved by northward-flowing rivers (the Juri, Manu and Deo, Dhalai, and Khowai, respectively). North-south-trending ranges separate the valleys. East of the Dharmanagar valley, the Jampai Tlang range rises... |
2d60d083737dbee4af35deb793ca22fe | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dharmaraja-ratha | Dharmarāja-ratha | Dharmarāja-ratha
…which is the massive three-storied Dharmarāja-ratha (c. 650). The finest temple at this site and of this period is an elegant complex of three shrines called the Shore Temple (c. 700), not cut out of rock but built of stone. The Tālapurīśvara temple at Panamalai is another excellent example. The…
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7c842ce790c437b925b39a0b73f5e685 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dharmarajika-stupa | Dharmarajika stupa | Dharmarajika stupa
The Dharmarajika stupa, popularly known as Chir Tope, is a circular structure with a raised terrace around its base. A circle of small chapels surround the great stupa. Three distinctive types of masonry in the buildings around the main stupa suggest the contributions of different periods…
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59082836f6e27d6740077d0535ff81a8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dharmshala-India | Dharmshala | Dharmshala
Dharmshala, also spelled Dharamsala, town, western Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India. It is located on a lower slope of the Himalayas.
Dharmshala is a scenic health resort. Aerated water is bottled there, and slate is quarried nearby. The town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake in 1905, but i... |
8b69995c63736e17b973548117a13a87 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dhauli | Dhauli | Dhauli
At Dhauli in Orissa, the fore part of an elephant is carved out of rock on a terrace above a boulder that carries several of Ashoka’s edicts. The modelling here is soft and gentle, and the plump, fleshy qualities of the young animal’s body, seen as…
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848ed219493e09b394925eaf8147ceac | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dhebar-Lake | Dhebar Lake | Dhebar Lake
Dhebar Lake, large reservoir lake in the southeastern Aravalli Range, south-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The lake, about 20 square miles (50 square km) in area when full, was originally named Jai Samand and was formed by a marble dam built across the Gomati River in the late 17th century. C... |
713c6ada3f252ed18e39ca7e6ab8efb9 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dhenkanal | Dhenkanal | Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal, town, east-central Odisha (Orissa) state, eastern India. It is situated on a low plain, about 5 miles (8 km) south of the Brahmani River.
The town is named for Dhenka, a medieval chieftain of the Savara people. It is a marketplace for rice, oilseeds, and timber and is a centre of handloom weaving.... |
b96670efced831879112cb8d6b0af1b6 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dhikti-Mountains | Dhíkti Mountains | Dhíkti Mountains
…(2,456 metres) high; the east-central Díkti Mountains; and the far eastern Tryptí (Thriptís) Mountains. Another range, the Asteroúsia (Kófinas) Mountains, runs along the south-central coast between the Mesarás Plain and the Libyan Sea. Of Crete’s 650 miles (1,050 km) of rocky coastline, it is the more... |
f978eb86388425c1735c8fc8a2d0b9a7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Dhuburi | Dhuburi | Dhuburi
Dhuburi, also spelled Dhubri, town, western Assam state, northeastern India. It is situated on the Brahmaputra River, just east of the Bangladesh border.
Dhuburi is a trade centre for rice, jute, fish, and other products. A match factory is the major industry. The town has road and rail connections with neighb... |
b3bb1704bf230c2838268307d96f54cd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Diablo-Range | Diablo Range | Diablo Range
Diablo Range, segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system) in west-central California, U.S. It extends southeastward for about 180 miles (290 km) from the solitary 3,849-foot (1,173-metre) Mount Diablo within Mount Diablo State Park (Contra Costa county), about 20 miles (30 km) east o... |
eac5515103c6fd0f58f16cd1aedf8073 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Diama-Dam | Diama Dam | Diama Dam
The Diama Dam, located about 25 miles (40 km) upstream from Saint-Louis, permits floodwaters to pass through its sluice gates while preventing the encroachment of salt water; it has improved considerably the supply of fresh water in the delta region and at the same time has…
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b7eb6090fd2296a63ec3b1e6d7a93af0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Diamantina-Fracture-Zone | Diamantina Fracture Zone | Diamantina Fracture Zone
The Diamantina trench (Diamantina Fracture Zone) extends westward from the southwest coast of Australia. It is a rift valley that was formed when Australia separated from Antarctica between 60 and 50 million years ago.
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ba24327dbd8c0a1c9796ed862f7b2679 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Diamond-Head | Diamond Head | Diamond Head
Diamond Head, cape and celebrated landmark, Honolulu county, southeastern Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. It lies at the southern edge of Waikiki. An extinct volcanic crater and tuff cone, Diamond Head was the site of a luakini heiau, an ancient ceremonial structure dedicated to the war god and used by the anci... |
fceb9b1223816c53ecb21e73eaf282a0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Diamond-Island | Diamond Island | Diamond Island
Diamond Island, an offshore reef, is a popular bathing spot and the haunt of large turtles, whose eggs are collected for sale. Pop. (2004 est.) 215,600.
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8fe484509aa5184c770c23fffb70c458 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Diamonike-Dam | Diamonike Dam | Diamonike Dam
In Japan the Diamonike Dam reached a height of 32 metres (105 feet) in 1128 ce. Numerous dams were also constructed in India and Pakistan. In India a design employing hewn stone to face the steeply sloping sides of earthen dams evolved, reaching a climax in the 16-km-…
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