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Hammond

(Encyclopedia)Hammond. 1 City (2020 pop. 77,879), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., bounded by Lake Michigan, the Ill. state line, and the Little Calumet River, and ...

Xochimilco

(Encyclopedia)Xochimilco sōchēmēlˈkō [key], town (1990 pop. 271,151), Federal District, S central Mexico, suburb of Mexico City. Mainly a commercial and tourist center, it is famous for its canals lined with p...

catchment area

(Encyclopedia)catchment area or drainage basin, area drained by a stream or other body of water. The limits of a given catchment area are the heights of land—often called drainage divides, or watersheds—separat...

Urmia

(Encyclopedia)Urmia ûrˈmēə [key], formerly Rezaiyeh, city (1991 pop. 357,399), capital of West Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, near Lake Urmia. It is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit an...

Albert Nyanza

(Encyclopedia)Albert Nyanza, E Africa: see Albert, Lake. ...

Léman, Lac

(Encyclopedia)Léman, Lac: see Geneva, Lake, Switzerland. ...

Markermeer

(Encyclopedia)Markermeer, lake, the Netherlands: see IJsselmeer. ...

Maryut

(Encyclopedia)Maryut, salt lake, Egypt: see Mareotis. ...

Hamilton Inlet

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton Inlet: see Melville, Lake, Canada. ...

Birket Qarun

(Encyclopedia)Birket Qarun, lake, Egypt: see Moeris. ...