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Kampong Thum ... kangaroo rat

Kampong Thum town, north-central Cambodia. Kampong Thum lies along the Sen River and is linked to Phnom Penh, the national capital, by highways. Kampot town, southern Cambodia. Kampot is located near the mouth of the Koh Sla River. In the 19th century it was the country's chief port, but this function was taken over in the 1950s by Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville). It is connected to Phnom Penh, the national capital, and to Kampong Saom ... Kamprad, Ingvar Swedish entrepreneur who in 1943 founded IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer in the early 21st century. Kamyshin city, Volgograd oblast (region), western Russia. The city lies along the Volga River and the Volgograd reservoir. In 1697 Peter I the Great built a fort, Petrovsk, to protect workmen attempting to construct a canal between the Volga and Don rivers. Renamed Dmitriyevsk in 1710 and Kamyshin in 1780, it ... Kan Naoto Japanese businessman, politician, and bureaucrat who served as prime minister of Japan (2010-11). Kan'ami Japanese actor, playwright, and musician who was one of the founders of Noh drama. kana two parallel modern Japanese syllabaries (katakana and hiragana), each of which independently represents all the sounds of the Japanese language. Although each derives its simple elements from Chinese characters, the two serve different purposes and differ stylistically. Kanab city, seat (1864) of Kane county, southwestern Utah, U.S., on Kanab Creek, at the foot of Vermilion Cliffs, just north of the Arizona line. Settlement was first made in 1864 around Fort Kanab (from a Paiute Indian word meaning "willow") but was abandoned because of Indian attacks. In 1870 Mormon ... Kanaga Island one of the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands chain, southwestern Alaska, U.S. The uninhabited island measures 30 miles (50 km) long and 4 to 8 miles (6.5 to 13 km) wide; its northern tip is the site of the Kanaga Volcano, which rises to 4,287 feet (1,307 metres) and ... Kanagaki Robun Japanese writer of humorous fiction who brought a traditional satirical art to bear on the peculiarities of Japanese society in the process of modernization. Kanagawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, located south of Tokyo and bordered by Tokyo Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The eastern coast is an important part of the Keihin Industrial Zone; Yokohama, Tokyo's port, is the prefectural capital. The Pacific coast is a popular resort area, ... Kanagawa, Treaty of (March 31, 1854), Japan's first treaty with a Western nation. Concluded by representatives of the United States and Japan at Kanagawa (now part of Yokohama), it marked the end of Japan's period of seclusion (1639-1854). The treaty was signed as a result of pressure from U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry, ... Kanaka (Hawaiian: "Person," or "Man"), in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, any of the South Pacific islanders employed in Queensland, Australia, on sugar plantations or cattle stations or as servants in towns. The islanders were first introduced into Queensland in 1847 for employment on cotton plantations; in succeeding years ... Kananga city, south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated just east of the Lulua River, a tributary of the Kasai. It is on road and rail routes to Lubumbashi (southeast) and the Kasai River port of Ilebo (northwest) and has air links to those and other Congolese cities. It was named ... Kanapoi site of paleoanthropological excavations in northern Kenya southwest of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf), best known for its fossils of Australopithecus anamensis, an early hominin (member of the human lineage) dating to between 3.9 and 4.2 million years ago. Among these fossils is a relatively complete shinbone with features indicating that ... Kanara region along the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, western Karnataka state, India. It is bounded on the east by the Western Ghats. Formerly divided between Mumbai (Bombay) to the north and Chennai (Madras) to the southeast, the region became part of Mysore state in the linguistic reorganization of India ... Kanaris, Konstantinos Greek naval officer and statesman who achieved fame for his exploits against the Turks during the War of Greek Independence (1821-32). Kanawha River river formed at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, U.S., by the confluence of the New and Gauley rivers. It flows 97 miles (156 km) in a northwesterly direction to enter the Ohio River at Point Pleasant. It is navigable via dams and locks to Kanawha Falls, 30 miles (50 km) upstream ... Kanazawa capital, Ishikawa ken (prefecture), Japan, on the Sai River. In the 16th century the city and the province of Kaga were given to the Maeda family, the richest daimyo family in Tokugawa times; Kanazawa remained under their jurisdiction for approximately 300 years. The walls, gates, and a few buildings of ... Kanchanaburi town, western Thailand, 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Bangkok. The Khwae Noi (Kwai) River joins the Klong River near Kanchanaburi. Built in the 18th century as a defense against Burmese invaders, the walled town is the site of two paper factories. A cemetery there commemorates the Allied soldiers who ... Kanchenjunga world's third highest mountain, with an elevation of 28,169 feet (8,586 metres). It is situated in the eastern Himalayas on the border between Sikkim state, northeastern India, and eastern Nepal, 46 miles (74 km) north-northwest of Darjiling, Sikkim. The mountain is part of the Great Himalaya Range. The Kanchenjunga massif ... kanchil any of several small chevrotains, or mouse deer, native to Southeast Asia. Formerly believed to be separate species, they are now generally thought to be varieties of the species Tragulus kanchil. See chevrotain. Kanchipuram city, northern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It is located on the Palar River and on the road and rail routes between Chennai (Madras) and Bangalore (Bengaluru). One of the most ancient cities of southern India, it traces its history to the 2nd century BCE as an early Chola capital. ... Kanchrapara city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India. Lying just east of the Hugli (Hooghly) River within Halisahar municipality, it is part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) urban agglomeration. The city has one of the largest railway workshops in India. Jute milling is the major industry. A temple is dedicated to Krishna, ... Kandahar city in south-central Afghanistan. It lies on a plain next to the Tarnak River, at an elevation of about 3,300 feet (1,000 metres). It is southern Afghanistan's chief commercial centre and is situated at the junction of highways from Kabul, Herat, and Quetta (Pakistan). Kandahar has an international airport, though ... Kandel, Eric Austrian-born American neurobiologist who, with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for discovering the central role synapses play in memory and learning. Kander and Ebb American songwriting duo made up of John Kander (b. March 18, 1927, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.), and Fred Ebb (b. April 8, 1928?, New York, N.Y., U.S., -d. Sept. 11, 2004, New York City), , who collaborated for more than 40 years-from the mid-1960s to the early 2000s-to produce ... Kander, Lizzie Black American welfare worker who created a popular cookbook that became a highly profitable fund-raising tool for the institution she served. Kandi town located in northeastern Benin, 325 miles (523 km) north of Porto-Novo, the capital. Iron deposits of high quality are in the vicinity, but the town is mainly an agricultural centre, with the major products being cotton, kapok, shea nuts, peanuts (groundnuts), corn (maize), and millet. There is cotton and ... Kandinsky, Wassily Russian-born artist, one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting. After successful avant-garde exhibitions, he founded the influential Munich group Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider"; 1911-14) and began completely abstract painting. His forms evolved from fluid and organic to geometric and, finally, to pictographic (e.g., Tempered ... Kandla town, northwestern Gujarat state, west-central India. It is a port on the Gulf of Kachchh (Kutch) of the Arabian Sea. The port was opened on Kandla's natural deepwater harbour in the 1930s. Designed to serve a hinterland that is considerably larger than Gujarat state, the port has continued to be ... Kandler, Johann Joachim late Baroque sculptor who was a major innovator in European porcelain sculpture. Kandy important independent monarchy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the end of the 15th century and the last Sinhalese kingdom to be subjugated by a colonial power. Kandy survived the attacks of Ceylon's first two colonial rulers-the Portuguese and the Dutch-and finally succumbed to the third and last colonial ruler, the ... Kandy city in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, at an elevation of 1,640 feet (500 metres). It lies on the Mahaweli River on the shore of an artificial lake that was constructed (1807) by the last Kandyan king, Sri Wickrama Rajasinha. Kanda, the word from which Kandy is derived, is ... Kandyan Convention agreement in 1815 between the United Kingdom and the chiefs of the kingdom of Kandy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Under the terms of the convention, Kandy was annexed to the other British holdings in Ceylon, giving Britain complete control over the island. In addition, the South Indian king of Kandy ... Kane, Elisha Kent American physician and Arctic explorer who in 1850 led an unsuccessful expedition to northwestern Greenland to search for the British explorer Sir John Franklin, missing since 1845. Kane, Gil Latvian-born American comic book artist whose innovative and dramatic style and precise drawing technique brought new life and vibrancy to such classic superheroes as Spider-Man, Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, the Incredible Hulk, and the Atom-in addition to characters he created, such as Morbius the Living Vampire and Iron Fist-during what ... Kane, John Scottish-born American artist who painted primitivist scenes of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Scotland. Kane, Paul Irish-born Canadian painter. His family immigrated to Canada in 1819. He worked mainly in Toronto but traveled as far as the Pacific coast depicting landscapes, Native American subjects, fur traders, and missionaries; he published an account of his adventures in Wanderings of an Artist (1859). Half of his paintings are ... Kane, Sheikh Hamidou Senegalese writer best known for his autobiographical novel L'Aventure ambigue (1961; Ambiguous Adventure), which won the Grand Prix Litteraire d'Afrique Noire in 1962. Kanehara Hitomi Japanese novelist whose darkly explicit prose addressed the experience of being young in contemporary Japan. Kanem-Bornu African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to the 19th century. Its territory at various times included what is now southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger, and southern Libya. Kaneohe town, Honolulu county, northeastern Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. Situated 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Honolulu, it spreads from the foothills of the Koolau Range to Kaneohe Bay. Like neighbouring Kailua to the east, the Kaneohe (meaning "Bamboo Husband") area was once the home of the island's early kings. It ... Kaneohe Bay bay on the northeastern shore of Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. A major tourist destination, it contains clear, shallow waters and vivid underwater coral formations that can be viewed from glass-bottom boats. Extending between Kaneohe Beach Park (south) and Kualoa Point (north), its 20-mile (32-km) shoreline is rimmed with ancient royal ... Kang Sheng Chinese communist official who is considered to have been one of the three or four most powerful individuals in the government during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Kang Youwei Chinese scholar, a leader of the Reform Movement of 1898 and a key figure in the intellectual development of modern China. During the last years of the empire and the early years of the republic he sought to promote Confucianism as an antidote against "moral degeneration" and indiscriminate Westernization. Kangar town, extreme northwest Peninsular (West) Malaysia. It lies 5 miles (8 km) east of the Thailand border, on the Perlis River. Kangar is the largest town in the Perlis region and is the head of navigation for small craft on the Perlis River. Its industries include cement, saw milling, rubber, ... kangaroo any of six large species of Australian marsupials noted for hopping and bouncing on their hind legs. The term kangaroo, most specifically used, refers to the eastern gray kangaroo, the western gray kangaroo, and the red kangaroo, as well as to the antilopine kangaroo and two species of wallaroo (see ... Kangaroo Island third largest Australian offshore island, located at the entrance to the Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia, 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Adelaide. Its formation is that of a low, cliffed plateau (structurally a continuation of the Mount Lofty-Flinders ranges on the mainland) measuring 90 by 34 miles (145 by ... kangaroo mouse either of two species of leaping bipedal rodents found only in certain deserts of the western United States. They have large ears and a large head with fur-lined external cheek pouches. The forelimbs are short, but the hind limbs and feet are long. Stiff hairs fringe the hind feet, and ... kangaroo rat any of 22 species of bipedal North American desert rodents with a tufted tail. Kangaroo rats have large heads and eyes, short forelimbs, and very long hind legs and feet. Fur-lined external cheek pouches open alongside the mouth and can be everted for cleaning. Kangaroo rats are considered medium-sized, weighing ...