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- Nevada | History, Capital, Cities, Population, Facts | Britannica
Nevada, constituent state of the United States of America It borders Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the west It ranks seventh among the 50 U S states in terms of total area It also, however, is one of the most sparsely settled Carson City, in the western part of the state, is the capital Nevada became the 36th state of the
- Sierra Nevada | U. S. Mountain Range, Physical Features History . . .
Sierra Nevada, major mountain range of western North America, running along the eastern edge of the U S state of California Its great mass lies between the large Central Valley depression to the west and the Basin and Range Province to the east Extending more than 250 miles (400 kilometres) northward from the Mojave Desert to the Cascade Range of northern California and Oregon, the Sierra
- Roswell incident | Overview, Theories, Hoaxes, Facts | Britannica
Roswell incident, events surrounding the crash and recovery of a U S Army Air Forces high-altitude balloon in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico, which became the centre of a conspiracy theory involving UFOs and extraterrestrials The U S military fostered the intrigue by initially claiming that the recovered debris was from a “flying disc” before announcing that the wreckage belonged to a
- Igneous rock | Characteristics, Examples, Formation, Types | Britannica
Igneous rock, any of various crystalline or glassy rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of magma, which is a hot (600 to 1,300 °C, or 1,100 to 2,400 °F) molten or partially molten rock Igneous rocks constitute one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary
- List of Musical Bands | Rock, Pop, Grunge | Britannica
This is an alphabetically ordered list of bands See also band, rock, alternative rock, popular music, heavy metal, grunge, psychedelic rock, punk, and country
- Rock, Massachusetts, Colony, Map, History, Facts - Britannica
Plymouth, town (township), Plymouth county, southeastern Massachusetts, U S It lies on Plymouth Bay, 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Boston It was the site of the first permanent settlement by Europeans in New England, Plymouth colony, known formally as the colony of New Plymouth The town was founded by Pilgrims (Separatists from the Church of England) who, in their search for religious
- D. B. Cooper | Hijacking, Investigation, Parachute, Money Serial Numbers . . .
D B Cooper (Dan Cooper), criminal who in 1971 hijacked a plane traveling from Portland to Seattle and later parachuted out of the aircraft with the ransom money An extensive manhunt ensued, but he was never identified or caught, resulting in one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in U S history
- List of U. S. Cities | Britannica
The United States contains a highly diverse population Unlike a country such as China that largely incorporated Indigenous peoples, the United States has a diversity that to a great degree has come from immense and sustained global immigration Probably no other country has a wider range of racial, ethnic, and cultural types than does the United States
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