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21Modesto, California — City of Modesto   City   Modesto Arch, including the city motto Motto: Water Wealth Contentment Health …
22Tianjin — /tyahn jin /, n. Pinyin. a port in E Hebei province, in NE China. 6,280,000. Also, Tientsin. * * * or T ien chin conventional Tientsin Seaport and municipality with provincial status (pop., 1999 est.: city, 4,835,327; 2000 est.: municipality,… …
23Tientsin — /tin tsin /; Chin. /tyen jin /, n. Older Spelling. Tianjin. * * * ▪ China Introduction Chinese (Wade Giles) T ien ching, or (Pinyin) Tianjin, city and province level shih (municipality), located to …
24Geotechnical engineering — [ Boston s Big Dig presented geotechnical challenges in an urban environment.] Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering includes investigating …
25Pine Flat Dam — is near Piedra, California on the Kings River and forms Pine Flat Lake. It is a convert|440|ft|m|sing=on high concrete gravity dam. The dam is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construction of the dam was completed in 1954.… …
26Geography of Nepal — Continent Asia coordinates = 33°00 N 80°00 E Area Ranked 93rd 147,181 km2 (56,827 sq mi) 92.94% land 7.06 % water Borders Total land borders: 2,926 …
27South Platte River — River, Colorado and western Nebraska, U.S. The river rises in central Colorado and flows southeast and then northeast across the Nebraska boundary to join the North Platte River and form the Platte River. The South Platte is 442 mi (711 km) long …
28Civilian Conservation Corps — The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt …
29Aqueduct — An aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another. The word is derived from the Latin aqua , water, and ducere ( to lead ). The word is also used for any bridge that carries water, similar to… …
30Damodar Valley Corporation — The Damodar Valley Corporation, popularly known as DVC, is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. The corporation came into being on July 7, 1948 by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India (Act No. XIV of 1948). [1] …
