books of descriptive geography
31Aligarh — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Aligarh | type = city | district = Aligarh District latd = 27.88 | longd = 78.08 locator position = right | skyline = aligwiki.jpg state name = Uttar Pradesh district = Aligarh division = Aligarh leader… …
32Dhimal — for the village in Nepal see Dhimal, Nepal Dhimal or Dhemal is a little known indigenous community of the Terai. Most of them live in Morang and Jhapa districts of Nepal and Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Several scholars both in… …
33arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …
34United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
35arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
36English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
37Madagascar — For other uses, see Madagascar (disambiguation) and Malagasy (disambiguation). Republic of Madagascar Repoblikan i Madagasikara République de Madagascar …
38Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
39South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
40Joseph Pomeroy Widney — (December 26, 1841 mdash; July 4, 1938) was a polymathic pioneer American physician, medical topographer, scholar educator, clergyman, entrepreneur philanthropist, proto environmentalist, prohibitionist, philosopher of religion, controversial… …
