confined streamlets
1GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …
2Shut-in (river) — A shut in is an Ozark term for a river that s naturally confined within a deep, narrow channel. The river becomes unnavigable even by canoe due to a dike of harder rock that is more difficult to erode. The dike diverts the stream into many little …
3Baja California — /bah hah kal euh fawr nyeuh, fawr nee euh/; Sp. /bah hah kah lee fawrdd nyah/ a narrow peninsula in NW Mexico between the Gulf of California and the Pacific, forming two territories of Mexico. 1,434,000; 55,634 sq. mi. (144,090 sq. km). Caps:… …
