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"GEO-DATA The World Geographical Encyclopedia THIRD EDITION John F. McCoy, Project Editor First and second editions edited by George Kurian GALE THOMSON Gale Detroit • New York • San Diego • San Francisco • Cleveland • New Haven, Conn • Waterville, Maine • London • Munich T H O I V 1 S O I 4 I - - GAL E GEO-DATA: THE WORLD GEOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, THIRD EDITION Project Editor John F. McCoy Editorial Mary Rose Bonk, Pamela A. Dear, Rachel J. Kain, Lynn U. Koch, Michael D. Lesniak, Nancy Matuszak, Michael T. Reade Imaging and Multimedia Randy Bassett, Christine OBryan, Barbara J. Yarow Product Design Cindy Baldwin, Tracey Rowens Manufacturing Nekita McKee (c) 2003 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used herein under license. For more information contact The Gale Group, Inc. 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 Or you can visit our Internet site at http://www.gale.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means-graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage retrieval systems-without the written permission of the publisher. For permission to use material from this product, submit your request via Web at http://www.gale-edit.com/permissions, or you may download our Permissions Request form and submit your request by fax or mail to: Permissions Department The Gale Group, Inc. 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 Permissions Hotline: 248-699-8006 or 800-877-4253; ext. 8006 Fax: 248-699-8074 or 800-762-4058 Cover photographs reproduced by permission of Digital Stock (Taj Mahal, center left). Digital Vision (Fall trees, top left; Waterfall, top right; Water carriers, center; City in smog, center right), and PhotoDisc (Pink buttes, top center; Mountains, bottom). While every effort has been made to ensure the reliability of the information presented in this publication. The Gale Group, Inc. does not guarantee the accuracy of the data contained herein. The Gale Group, Inc. accepts no payment for listing; and inclusion in the publication of any organization, agency, institution, publication, service, or individual does not imply endorsement of the editors or publisher. Errors brought to the attention of the publisher and verified to the satisfaction of the publisher will be corrected in future editions." Ключевые слова: sao paulo, atlantic, tel aviv, petersburg, source, saint lucia, arunachal pradesh, cote dtvoire, london, peak, southwest, elevation, sao tome, puerto montt, desert, nusa tenggara, ft cm, press, border, northeast, plata, cm, tributary, population, scarecrow press, rainfall, cote dlvoire, gulf, minas, neder rijn, washington, sri lanka, coastal, geographical, peninsula, group, largest, roman catholic, belo horizonte, tidal bore, flow, lake, andean condor, china, serrat, summer, island, carstenz pyramid, coastline, july, long-term seepage, capital, chota nagpur, sea, amu darya, severnaya zemlya, geo-data, basin, rivers, syr darya, water, phnom penh, okavango swamps, united, mi sq, foreign affair, country, encyclopedia, slovak republics, lowland, spectacular scenery, ft, central, sea level, level, sq mi, europe, west, pacific, valley, yds, hindu kush, long, plain, point, western, vegetation, range, global warming, lie, geo-data geographical, rise, national technical, structural seam, republic, area, rank, lanham, africa, statistique, south, mi, monte cristi, fouta djallon, cu ft, southern, madhya pradesh, natural, york, sq mi sq, titano, mount, russia, major, readings, nova scotia, ene-wsw, burkina faso, santa maria, gomera, form, asia, land, islands, communist era, nino, saint kitts, earths crust, year, rif, north, vincent, viti levu, city, lawrence, center, northern, winter, guaira falls, temperature, resource, pierre, ocean, longest, paz, bosanska gradiska, vanua levu, people, censuses ministerio, forest, average, books, high, buenos aires, hill, wahiba sands, located, foreign worker, tonle sap, hills, great, river, region, large, plateau, selva, coast, season, se-nw, mi •, ha, etosha pan, nei mongol, santa marta, including, puerto rico, nnw-sse, petit piton, tree, include, national, est, ana maria, ne-sw, monte carlo, akwapim-togo ranges, lagoa mirim, saint vincent, east, guinea, climate, small, peten, rubal khali, june, chang jiang, mountains, bay, santa cruz, ios organos, mountain, university, percent, santo domingo, highest, geographical encyclopedia, eastern, america, juventud, estadfstica geograffa, peregrine falcon, addis ababa, flaming cliffs, gros piton, inland, southeast, dry, sq