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- (from the article "Bhutan") ...region and the Lesser Himalayan valleys the architecture is typically Tibetan. Especially in the Himalayan regions, a notable feature of Bhutan's settlements is the dzong, or fortress-monastery. The dzong served as a stronghold against enemies in the past, and it now plays an important ...
- Dzungar
- people of Central Asia, so called because they formed the left wing (dson, "left"; gar, "hand") of the Mongol army. A western Mongol people whose home was the Ili River valley and Chinese Turkistan, they adopted Buddhism in the 17th century. They are for all practical purposes identical with the ... [7 Related Articles]
- Dzungarian Gate
- (from the article "Junggar Basin") The main pass through the western ranges is the so-called Dzungarian Gate (Junggar Men), which leads to Lake Alakol and Lake Balqash in Kazakhstan. In the far north the Irtysh (Ertix) River drains into Lake Zaysan across the Kazakhstan border. Otherwise, the Junggar Basin is an area of internal drainage, ...
- Dzungarian Gobi
- (from the article "Gobi") The Dzungarian Gobi is north of the Ka-shun Gobi, between the eastern spurs of the Mongolian Altai and the eastern extremity of the Tien Shan. It resembles the Trans-Altai Gobi, and its edges are fractured by ravines, alternating with residual hills and low mountain ridges.
- Dzurinda, Mikulas
- (from the article "Slovakia") Area: 49,035 sq km (18,933 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 5,391,000 | Capital: Bratislava | Chief of state: President Ivan Gasparovic | Head of government: Prime Ministers Mikulas Dzurinda and, from July 4, Robert Fico | BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2006Slovakia
- Dzyarzhynsk Mountain
- (from the article "Belarusian Ridge") ...Belarus and then swings northeast. Its total length is 320 miles (520 km). The ridge, covered by marine sands and clays, is in reality a series of separate uplands, of which the highest point is Dzerzhinskaya Mountain, at 1,132 feet (345 m), in the Minsk Upland. To the south of ...
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