1) Bear Mountain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bear Mountain, peak, 1,284 ft (391 m) high, SE N.Y., overlooking the Hudson River. The Bear Mt. section of the Palisades Interstate Park, with facilities for both...
2) Bellary. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Karnataka state, SE India. It is a district administrative center and a road and rail hub with a domestic airport. Iron and manganese deposits are nearby. Its manufactures...
3) Campos. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraiba River near its mouth. It is a transportation hub and the commercial hub of a rich agricultural region producing coffee,...
4) Darbhanga. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bihar state, NE India, E of the Baghmati River. It is a district administrative center and is located in a sugarcane- and tobaco-growing area on a fertile alluvial...
5) Horn, Cape. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...South America, in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. It was discovered and first rounded by Willem Schouten, the Dutch navigator, on Jan. 29, 1616, and named for...
6) Huancayo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...One of Peru's major commercial and agricultural centers, it markets and ships the wheat, corn, potatoes, and barley grown in the surrounding area. Silver and copper...
7) Lisburn. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Northern Ireland, on the Lagan River. The town's chief industry, linen manufacture, was introduced by the Huguenots after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)....
8) Nis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nish (both: nesh) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 175,391), in Serbia, on the Nisava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that manufacture...
9) Chiai. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Chiai, or Chia-i (both: jyaŽeŽ) (KEY) , city (1995 pop. 261,391), S Taiwan. It is an agricultural market for rice, peanuts, vegetables, sugarcane, and timber from...
10) Mo-Tzu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...His teachings, found in The Mo Tzu, emphasize universal love-that people should love all others as they love their own families and states. He also advocated moderation...
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