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<title>Rwanda</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RWANDA, LOCATED in Central Africa, is a landlocked country of savanna <a href=http://world-geography.org/272-grasslands.html>grassland</a> with a population that is predominantly rural.]]></description>
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<title>Ruwenzori Mountains</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SHROUDED IN MISTS sitting under the hot sun of the equator is a mountain range believed to be the mysterious “Mountains of the Moon” spoken of by the ancient Greeks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:11:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Russian Federation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[STRETCHING IN A GIGANTIC arc around the <a href="http://world-geography.org/oceans/45-arctic-ocean.html">Arctic Ocean</a> and North Pole, the Russian Federation spans 11 time zones, nearly half the globe from east to west.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:02:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ruhr Valley</title>
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<description><![CDATA[IN TERMS OF LENGTH and volume, the Ruhr River is not one of <a href=http://world-geography.org/europe/262-germany.html>Germany’s</a> major rivers. But considered as a center of economic activity, the Ruhr is among the most prominent rivers in Europe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:53:46 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rub al-Khali</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE RUB’ AL-KHALI (Arabic for “Empty Quarter”) is located in the southern part of the Arabian Desert. The Al-Murrah Bedouin, who roam its southern edges call it the ar-Ramlah, the “sand.”]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:41:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rotation, Earth axis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[EARTH HAS TWO primary motions: revolution and rotation. The first refers to the earth’s annual orbit of the sun, which takes a bit more than 365 days per year (hence, a leap year with 366 days every four years in order to “catch up”).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:27:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Romania</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ROMANIA IS AN OVAL-shaped country in southeastern Europe. Situated in the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, it is halfway between the <a href=http://world-geography.org/oceans/52-atlantic-ocean.html>Atlantic Ocean</a> and the <a href=http://world-geography.org/mountain/691-ural-mountains.html>Ural Mountains</a> and also halfway between the North Pole and the equator.]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Sergey Tokarev</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:23:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rocky Mountains</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS are a chain of mountain ranges 3,000 mi (4,800 km) long and as wide as 350 mi (563 km) running predominantly north to south in the western part of the North American continent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:16:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>River</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A RIVER IS A LARGE STREAM OF WATER flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:07:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Riparian</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RIPARIAN IS DERIVED from the Latin riparius, meaning “of the river bank.” The term was historically used to describe the area of land lying adjacent to a body of water: primarily streams or rivers but also lakes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:02:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rio Grande</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE RIO GRANDE was once known as “Rio del Norte,” and the first to describe it to Europeans was Captain General Juan de Oñate, whose party of exploration first visited the river on April 20, 1598.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:58:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ring of Fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc of intense <a href=http://world-geography.org/197-earthquakes.html>earthquake</a> (seismic) and volcanic activity stretching from <a href=http://world-geography.org/australia-and-oceania/487-new-zealand.html>New Zealand</a>, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the <a href="http://world-geography.org/islands/16-aleutian-islands.html">Aleutian Islands</a> of <a href="http://world-geography.org/united-states-of-america/14-alaska.html">Alaska</a>, and south along the coast of North and South America.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:51:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rift valley</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A RIFT VALLEY IS A trenchlike basin with steep parallel sides. The valley is essentially a down-faulted crustal block (grabben) between two parallel faults. A rift valley is different from an ordinary grabben for its remarkable length and depth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:48:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rhone River</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE RHÔNE IS THE chief river of southeastern <a href=http://world-geography.org/europe/244-france.html>France</a>, draining much of the western <a href="http://world-geography.org/mountain/20-alps.html">Alps</a> and connecting the regions of the interior to the <a href=http://world-geography.org/sea/432-mediterranean-sea.html>Mediterranean</a> coast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:44:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rhode Island</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RHODE ISLAND, SMALLEST of the 50 United States at 1,214 square mi (3,144 square km), is located in New England on the <a href=http://world-geography.org/oceans/52-atlantic-ocean.html>Atlantic</a> seaboard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:41:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rhine River</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WITH A TOTAL LENGTH of 820 mi (1,320 km) flowing through <a href=http://world-geography.org/europe/646-switzerland.html>Switzerland</a>, <a href=http://world-geography.org/europe/262-germany.html>Germany</a>, and the <a href=http://world-geography.org/europe/476-netherlands.html>Netherlands</a>, the Rhine is the longest river in Germany and probably the most important waterway of western Europe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:34:34 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Resource</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE WORD resource is derived from the Latin resurgere, meaning to “rise again.” Therefore, a resource can be part of a cyclical process that can change and return over time and space.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:29:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Religion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RELIGION CAN BE DEFINED as a unified set of beliefs, values, and practices of an individual or a group of people that is based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Sergey Tokarev</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:47:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Regionalism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[REGIONALISM IS A COMPLEX and contested concept. As such, there is no straight or simple answer to what regionalism is.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:28:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Region</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE NOTION OF REGIONS has been central to geographic thinking, first because of the importance of the observation and its corollary, and second because of the classification in classic geography emphasized by the empiricism and primacy of the field survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:22:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Redistricting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE PROCESS OF redistricting means dividing anew into districts or, in particular, to revise the legislative districts of a certain area, typically of a city or state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:20:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Red Sea</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE RED SEA CONNECTS the <a href=http://world-geography.org/sea/432-mediterranean-sea.html>Mediterranean Sea</a> to the <a href=http://world-geography.org/oceans/323-indian-ocean.html>Indian Ocean</a> via the Suez Canal. It lies in the Great Rift Valley between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Sergey Tokarev</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:15:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rainforests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE WORLD’S RAINFORESTS are often considered the world’s “hot spots” since they are often found in tropical climates and they are home to the majority of the world’s species.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:46:26 -0500</pubDate>
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