city in Kiangsu province (sheng), China. It lies to the north of the Yangtze River at the southern terminus of the section of the Grand Canal joining the Huai River to the Yangtze.
form of Chinese drama that flourished during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). The plays were a mixture of ching-hsi ("Peking opera") and modern, Western drama and dealt with contemporary topics.
(Korean: "two groups"), the highest social class of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910) of Korea. It consisted of both munban, or civilian officials, and muban, or military officials. The term yangban originated in the Koryo dynasty (935-1392), when civil service examinations ...
', city, Tashkent oblast (province), Uzbekistan. The city lies in the middle of the Tashkent oasis. Formerly a village on the site of the ancient settlement of Kaunchi-Tepe, it developed between World Wars I and II because of its proximity ...
city, capital of Myanmar (Burma). It is located in the southern part of the country on the east (left) bank of the Yangon, or Hlaing, River (eastern mouth of the Irrawaddy River), 25 miles (40 km) north of the Gulf ...
marine estuary in southern Myanmar (Burma), formed at the city of Yangon (Rangoon) by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka rivers. It empties into the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman Sea, 25 miles (40 km) southeast. Linked west ...
series of alluvial plains of uneven width along the Yangtze River and its major tributaries, beginning east of I-ch'ang (Hupeh province), China. The Middle Yangtze Plain comprises parts of northeastern Hunan, southeastern Hupeh, and north-central Kiangsi provinces, including Tung-t'ing, P'o-yang, ...
longest river in both China and Asia and the third longest river in the world, with a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 kilometres). Its basin, extending for some 2,000 miles from west to east and for more than 600 miles ...
park in Bauchi state, east-central Nigeria, southeast of Bauchi town. It was established as a game reserve in 1956 and became a national park in 1991. It covers 870 square miles (2,254 square km). The park, at an elevation of ...
a native or citizen of the United States or, more narrowly, of the New England states of the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut). The term Yankee is often associated with such characteristics as shrewdness, ...
city, seat (1862) of Yankton county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. The city lies along the Missouri River near its confluence with the James River, on the Nebraska border, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Sioux Falls. Yankton is just ...
South American Indians, speakers of a Xiriana language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco River basin in southern Venezuela and the northernmost reaches of the Amazon River basin in northern Brazil. In the early 21st century the ...
in Tantric Hinduism and Vajrayana, or Tantric Buddhism, a linear diagram used as a support for ritual. In its more elaborate and pictorial form it is called a mandala. Yantras range from those traced on the ground ...
city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Nagase River. The city is situated on mountain slopes and a plain in Kongo-Ikoma Quasi-national Park. The central part of the city was a commercial centre during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). ...
various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting southernmost Tanzania, the region between the Rovuma and Lugenda rivers in Mozambique, and the southern part of Malawi.
in Chinese mythology, a legendary emperor (c. 24th century BC) of the golden age of antiquity, exalted by Confucius as an inspiration and perennial model of virtue, righteousness, and unselfish devotion. His name is inseparable from that of Shun, his ...
mountain-dwelling peoples of southern China and Southeast Asia. In the late 20th century there were estimated to be 1,400,000 in China, 360,000 in Vietnam and Laos, and 30,000 in northern Thailand. Most Yao in China live in the Kwangsi Chuang ...
city and capital of the Republic of Cameroon. It is situated on a hilly, forested plateau between the Nyong and Sanaga rivers in the south-central part of the country. Founded in 1888 during the period of the German protectorate, Yaounde ...
island and archipelago of the western Caroline Islands, part of the Federated States of Micronesia. The archipelago, with a total land area of 45.9 square miles (118.9 square km), comprises the islands of Gagal-Tomil, Map, Rumung, and Yap (also called ...
deep submarine trench in the western Pacific Ocean located east of the Yap Ridge and the Yap island group. The Yap Trench is about 400 miles (650 km) long from north to south and reaches a maximum depth of 27,976 ...
island, in Sarera Bay off the northern coast of Irian Jaya provinci (province), Indonesia. Its area of 936 square miles (2,424 square km) has an elevated central ridge that rises to 4,907 feet (1,496 metres). The chief ...
river in central and northwestern Dominican Republic. The largest river in the nation, its headstreams rise on the northern slopes of the Cordillera Central, uniting to descend northward into the Cibao Valley, which lies between the Cordillera Central and the ...
river in southwestern Dominican Republic, one of the nation's three most important river systems. Its headstreams arise on the southern slopes of the Cordillera Central, uniting near Duarte Peak. The river is 80 miles (130 km) long and descends into ...
Indian people centred in southern Sonora state, on the west coast of Mexico. They speak the Yaqui dialect of the language called Cahita, which belongs to the Uto-Aztecan language family. (The only other surviving speakers of the Cahita language group ...
river in Sonora state, northwestern Mexico. Formed in the Sierra Madre Occidental by the junction of the Bavispe and Papigochie rivers, the Yaqui flows generally southward and westward through Sonora for approximately 200 miles (320 km), crossing the coastal plain ...
state, northwestern Venezuela. It is bounded by the states of Falcon (north), Carabobo (east), Cojedes (south), and Lara (west). It lies within a tropical zone and has an area of 2,741 square miles (7,100 square km). The state embraces the ...
U.S. stock-car racing driver who was the first to win the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) championship three consecutive years.
tall, extremely narrow drinking glass that was known in England from the 17th century. It is approximately 1 yard (90 cm) long and holds about 1 pint (0.5 litre). The glass has a trumpet-shaped opening at one end and either ...
large area of soft, poorly consolidated rock and bedrock surfaces that have been extensively grooved, fluted, and pitted by wind erosion. The rock is eroded into alternating ridges and furrows essentially parallel to the dominant wind direction. The relief may ...
1960s British musical group best known for their inventive conversion of rhythm and blues into rock. The original members were Keith Relf (b. March 22, 1943, Richmond, Surrey, Eng., -d. May 14, 1976, London, ), Eric Clapton (original name Eric ...
stream in the county of Norfolk, Eng., which enters the North Sea 25 miles (40 km) east of Norwich. It flows sluggishly across Norfolk to Norwich, where it is joined by the Wensum from the north. In its lower course ...
ancient West Semitic moon god whose marriage to the moon goddess Nikkal (Sumerian: Ningal, "Queen") was the subject of a poem from ancient Ugarit. The first part of the poem recorded the courtship and payment of the bride-price, while the ...
town, southwestern Yemen. It lies in the heart of the Yemen Highlands, on an upland plateau dominated by the massif of nearby Mount Sumarah, which rises to about 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above sea level. In antiquity the Yarim area ...
oasis city in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, northwestern China. The city comprises several separate walled units, one of which is named Sha-ch'e and another Yarkand; both names have at times been used as general terms for the city ...
a headstream of the Tarim River in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, in extreme western China. The Yarkand, which is 600 miles (970 km) long, rises in the Karakoram Pass of the Karakoram Range of northern Kashmir. In its ...
town, seat of Yarmouth county, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies at the Atlantic entrance to the Bay of Fundy, 210 miles (339 km) by road west of Halifax. The site may well have been visited by Leif Eriksson and ...
major division of Pleistocene deposits and time (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago) in North America. The Yarmouth Interglacial was named for deposits that were studied in the region of Yarmouth, Iowa, and is equivalent to the Mindel-Riss Interglacial Stage of ...
river, a tributary of the Jordan River, in southwest Asia. For most of its course, the Yarmuk forms the boundary between Syria to the north and Jordan to the south, while near its junction with the Jordan it forms the ...
oblast (province), western Russia. It has an area of 14,100 square miles (36,400 square km) and lies in the upper Volga River basin. Most of the oblast is a low plain traversed by the Volga River and broken only by ...
city and administrative centre of Yaroslavl oblast (province), western Russia. It lies on the right bank of the Volga River, 175 miles (282 km) northeast of Moscow. Yaroslavl is believed to have been founded in 1010 by Prince Yaroslav the ...
river in west-central Israel, the principal perennial stream flowing almost entirely within the country. The name is derived from the Hebrew word yaroq ("green"); it was formerly called by the Arabs Nahr el-'Auja ("The Tortuous River"). The Yarqon rises in ...
river, south-central Victoria, Australia. It rises near Mount Matlock in the Eastern Highlands and flows westward for 153 miles (246 km) through the Upper Yarra Dam, past the towns of Warburton, Yarra Junction, and Warrandyte, to Melbourne. The river's upper ...
town on the Murray River, Victoria, Australia. Mulwala, its twin town in New South Wales, lies on the opposite side of the river. Located on the Murray Valley Highway and with rail connections southwest to Melbourne (135 miles [217 km] ...
any of about 80 species of perennial herbs constituting the genus Achillea in the family Asteraceae, and native primarily to the North Temperate Zone. They have toothed, often finely cut leaves that are sometimes aromatic. The many small white, yellow, ...
