2) Cherokee Strip. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cherokee Strip, or Cherokee Outlet, a narrow piece of land in N Oklahoma. Bounded on the north by the Kansas border, it has an area of more than 6 million acres (2.4...

3) bog. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...bog, very old lake without inlet or outlet that becomes acid and is gradually overgrown with a characteristic vegetation (see swamp). Peat moss, or sphagnum, grows...

4) Meghna. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Meghna, (meg´n) (KEY) , river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, formed at the outlet of the Surma valley, NE Bangladesh, by the branches of the Surma River. It flows south,...

5) Angara. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rus. un´gra´) (KEY) , river, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, SE Siberian Russia, the outlet of Lake Baykal. After leaving the southwestern end of Lake Baykal, it flows...

6) Maracaibo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , city (1990 pop. 1,249,670), capital of Zulia state, NW Venezuela, at the outlet of Lake Maracaibo. It is Venezuela's second largest city, a commercial and...

7) Nipigon, Lake. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , c.1,870 sq mi (4,840 sq km), central Ont., Canada. It has many islands. Its outlet, the Nipigon River (40 mi/64 km long) flows south, past the logging town...

8) spring, in geology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in geology, in geology, natural flow of water from the ground or from rocks, representing an outlet for the water that has accumulated in permeable rock strata underground....

9) Big Stone Lake. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Big Stone Lake, narrow lake, c. 25 mi (40 km) long, on the Minn.-S.Dak. line. Located in the outlet channel of glacial Lake Agassiz, it is the source of the Minnesota...

10) Quinault, Philippe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...dramatist. His tragedies and comedies are affected and undistinguished, but he found an outlet for his talent in the 14 opera librettos which he wrote for Lully....