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1. www.britannica.com › place › Columbia-RiverColumbia River | Location, Length, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 17, 2024 · Columbia River, largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. The Columbia is one of the world’s greatest sources of hydroelectric power and, with its tributaries, represents a third of the potential hydropower of the United States. It is 1,240 miles (2,000 km) long.

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     Columbia River - Hydroelectricity, Salmon, Trade: Many...

   • Lewiston

     Lewiston, city, seat (1861) of Nez Perce county,...

   • Willamette

     Willamette River, watercourse of western Oregon, U.S. It is...

   • Columbia Plateau

     Columbia Plateau, geographic region, northwestern United...

   • Astoria

     Astoria, city, seat (1844) of Clatsop county, northwestern...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Columbia_universityColumbia University - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private, Ivy League, research university in New York City.

3. www.britannica.com › biography › Christopher-ColumbusChristopher Columbus | Biography, Nationality, Voyages, Ships ...

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   May 16, 2024 · Christopher Columbus (born between August 26 and October 31?, 1451, Genoa [Italy]—died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500, and 1502–04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas.

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4. wilkes.libguides.com › library › onlinereferenceOnline Reference Collection - Website - LibGuides at Wilkes ...

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   May 14, 2024 · The Columbia Encyclopedia Provides authoritative factual information about our world in its many guises physical, historical, geographical, political, scientific, religious, and cultural.

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   • Publish Year: 2014

5. www.britannica.com › place › Columbia-South-CarolinaColumbia | Capital City & Home of the University of South ...

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   May 11, 2024 · Columbia, city, capital of South Carolina, U.S., and seat (1799) of Richland county. It lies in the centre of the state on the east bank of the Congaree River at the confluence of the Broad and Saluda rivers. Its history dates from 1786, when the legislature ordered a town laid out on the site to.

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6. guides.lib.berkeley.edu › subject-guide › englishEncyclopedias & Reference - Literature in English - Library ...

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   May 14, 2024 · Full text online collection of over 750 encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks and other reference works covering a spectrum of topics from the arts to the sciences. Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) A large collection of specialized encyclopedias and reference sources.

7. guides.library.columbia.edu › History-East-AfricaEast Africa, c. 1000 CE to the present - Columbia University

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   May 20, 2024 · For available online handbooks on Africa, see section on US Dept. of the Army in "US Organizations on Africa," compiled by Columbia University Libraries. A companion to the anthropology of Africa. E-book. Edited by Roy Richard Grinker, Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner, and Euclides Gonalves. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, [2019 ...