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(k ´ l n t) (KEY) , clay mineral crystallizing in the monoclinic system and forming the chief constituent of china clay and kaolin. It is a hydrous a...
(k z ´kä) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 79,234), Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is a commercial port and industrial center where text...
Mount Godwin-Austen, peak, 28,250 ft (8,611 m) high, in the Karakorum range, N Kashmir, on the China-Pakistan border; second highest peak in the world...
(k t r´) (KEY) , waterfall, 741 ft (226 m) high, in the Potaro River, W Guyana. It plunges over an escarpment of the Guyana Highlands. One of the mo...
1820–57, American physician and arctic explorer, b. Philadelphia. Seeking adventure after medical school, Kane entered naval service and before he w...
(käg ´r ) (KEY) , river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, formed on the Rwanda-Tanzania border, E central Africa, by the confluence of the Nyabarongo and Ruv...