
KEY WEST (Span. Cayos huescos) — I One of the Florida Keys, 70 km (43.5 miles) from Cape Sable, population about 7 000. It is 12 km (7.5 miles) long and 2 to 4 km (1.2 to 2.5 miles) wide, and it rises little more than 4 m (13 ft) above sea level. Its formation is coralline; the shallow soil is made of crumbled coral mixed with some decomposed …Read more »
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JEFFERSONIA substantive – Botany. Genus of Berberidaceae, whose typical species is a spring plant, common in the forests of the United States from New York to Wisconsin, and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. It is popularly …Read more »
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MADISON I. Capital of Wisconsin (USA), lat. N. 43°43′ and long. W. 91°43′, 150 kilometers (93 miles) West of Milwaukee; pop. 15 000. It is located on an isthmus, between Lakes Monona and Mendola, in the midst of a fertile …Read more »
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