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E
The letter E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is pronounced . Also, the letter E is the most commonly used letter in the English language.
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E
E is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from E with the addition of an ogonek.
Under the name e caudata, e was used in Latin language from as early as the twelfth century to represent the vowel also written ae or æ.
In Polish language, e represents a nasalization e.
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E-mail
Electronic mail is a store and forward method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronics communication systems. The term "e-mail" applies both to the Internet e-mail system based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and to intranet systems allowing users within one organization to e-mail each other.
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E. E. Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings , abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an Poetry of the United States, painter, essayist, and playwright.
His publishers and others have sometimes echoed the unconventional capitalization in his poetry by writing his name in lower case, as e. e. cummings; Cummings himself did not approve of this rendering.
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E. G. Marshall
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E. H. Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman, better known as E. H. Harriman, was a wealthy railroad executive. He was born on Long Island in New York.
The son of Orlando Harriman, an Episcopal clergyman, and Cornelia Harriman. His great-grandfather, William Harriman, emigrated from England in 1795 and engaged successfully in trading and commercial pursuits.
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E. L. Doctorow
Edgar Laurence Doctorow is the author of several critically acclaimed novels that blend history and social criticism. Currently, he holds the Glucksman Chair in American Letters at New York University.
Doctorow was raised in the Bronx, New York, by parents of second-generation Russia Jewish descent.
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E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson is a distinguished biologist , researcher and theorist , a naturalist , and a prominent man of letters. Wilson is known for his remarkably prolific career as a scientist, his advocacy for environmentalism, and his secular humanist ideas concerned with religious, moral, and ethical matters.
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Eacles imperialis
The Imperial Moth is a Nearctic member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae.
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Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge was a United Kingdom-born List of photographers, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture motion , and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated celluloid film strip still used today.
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Eager
History
Eager started as a side-project for Patrick Andrew of PFR as the band was breaking up in 1997. Patrick heard an independent recording by Greg Pope, and invited him to tour with PFR as a backup guitarist. Following the breakup for PFR, Patrick Andrew and Greg Pope moved to Nashville.
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Eagle
Eagles are large bird of prey which inhabit mainly the Old World, with only two species commonly found in North America, a few in South America, the in Australia and the Philippine Eagle in the Philippine Archipelago. They are members of the bird order Falconiformes, family Accipitridae and belong to several different genera, not necessarily closely related to each other.
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Eagle ray
Eagle rays are a family of mostly large batoidea living in the open ocean rather than at the bottom of the sea. They are excellent swimmers and able to jump several metres above the surface. Eagle rays feed on snails, mussels and crustaceans, crushing their shells with their extremely hard teeth.
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Eagles
The Eagles are an United States Rock and roll group that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. With five number one singles and four number one albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums according to the Record Industry Association of America.
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Éamon de Valera
amon de Valera , , was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland. He served in public office from 1917 to 1973, holding the various Irish prime ministerial and presidential offices. A significant leader of Ireland's struggle for independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century, and the Irish Republicanism Anglo-Irish Treaty opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, de Valera was the author of Ireland's constitution, '
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Ear
The ear is the sense organ that detects sound. The vertebrate ear shows a common biology from fish to humans, with variations in structure according to order and species. It not only acts as a receiver for sound, but plays a major role in the sense of balance and body position.
The word "ear" may be used correctly to describe the whole vertebrate ear, or just the visible portion.
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Ear canal
The ear canal or 'external auditory meatus' is a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 26 millimeter in length and 7 mm in diameter.
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Eared Seal
The eared seals , family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. These are barrel shaped marine mammals, adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. They feed and travel in the water but breed and largely rest on land . They are slightly less adapted to the aquatic lifestyle than are the true seals.
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Earl
An Earl or Jarl was an Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian title, meaning "chieftain" and it referred especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages, whereas, in Britain, it became synonymous with the continental count.
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Earl Warren
Earl Warren was a district attorney of Alameda County, California, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. As Chief Justice, his term of office was marked by numerous rulings affecting, among other things, the legal status of racial segregation, civil rights, separation of church and state, and police arrest procedure in the United States.
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Earless seal
The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinniped. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae. They are sometimes called crawling seals, to distinguish them from the fur seals and sea lions of family Otariidae.
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Earlobe
On the ear of humans and many other animals, the earlobe is the soft lower part of the external ear or pinna. It is the lowermost portion of the human pinna, projecting below the antitragus. The earlobe is composed of tough Areolar_connective_tissue and adipose connective tissues, lacking the firmness and elasticity of the rest of the pinna, since the earlobe contains no cartilage.
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Early Purple Orchid
The Early Purple Orchid is a species in the orchid genus Orchis. It grows across Mediterranean Europe and northeast Africa.
Its subspecies include:
* Orchis mascula subsp. acutiflora Quentin
* Orchis mascula subsp. hispanica Soó
* Orchis mascula subsp. longibracteatoides Balayer
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Earmuffs
Earmuffs are objects designed to cover a person's ears for protection. They consist of a plastic or metal head-band, that fits over the top of the head, and a pad at each end, to cover the external ears. They come in two basic kinds:
*Thermal earmuffs: the original type, worn in winter to keep a person's ears warm.
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Earring
An earring is a jewelry that is worn on the ear. Earrings are often made out of metal, but can also be made out of bone or similar hard material. Earrings are worn by both genders, although in recent times in western cultures they are generally more commonly worn by women.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. It is also the largest of its planetary system's terrestrial planets, making it the largest solid body in the solar system, and it is the only place in the universe known to support life.
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Earth science
Earth science , is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth . It is arguably a special case in planetary science, being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holism approaches to Earth science. The major historic disciplines use physics, geology, mathematics, chemistry,
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EarthBound
EarthBound is a computer role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the second title in the Mother series. It is known for its characteristic cartoon-like graphics, soundtrack, irreverent humor, portrayal of the Western world as seen by Japan, and quirky, almost caricatured characters.
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Earthenware
Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects. Although body formulations vary tremendously between countries, and even between individual makers, a generic composition is 25% ball clay, 28% kaolin, 32% quartz, and 15% feldspar.
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Earthquake
An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes may manifest themselves by a shaking or displacement of the ground and sometimes tsunamis, which may lead to loss of life and destruction of property.
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Earthworm
Earthworm is the common name for the larger members of the Oligochaeta in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, on the basis of the male pores opening to the outside of body posterior to the female pores, even though the male segments are anterior to the female.
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Earwax
Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a yellowish, waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and many other mammals. It plays a vital role in the human ear canal, assisting in cleaning and lubrication, and also provides some protection from bacterium, fungus, and insects.
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Earwig
Earwig is the common name given to the insect order Dermaptera characterized by membranous insect wing folded underneath short leathery forewings. The abdomen extends well beyond the wings, and frequently, though not always, ends in a pair of forceps-like cercus.
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Easel
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Easel Plans
Free plans for building your own easel on the net:
*, free plans for an inexpensive, heavy-duty artist's studio easel
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East
East is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
East is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of west and at right angles to north and south.
By Norm , the right side of a terrestrial map is east.
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East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the east region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. "East Africa" commonly refers to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and sometimes Rwanda and Burundi, whereas "Eastern Africa", a UN subregion, refers to 19 territories throughout the eastern part of Africa:
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East Anglia
East Anglia is a region of eastern England, named after one of the ancient Anglo-Saxons kingdoms, which was named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln in northern Germany. The kingdom consisted of Norfolk, England and Suffolk but the region's boundaries are vague.
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East China Sea
The East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of 1,249,000 km. In China, the sea is called the East Sea. In Korea, the sea is sometimes called "South Sea", but this is more often used to denote only the area near South Korea's southern coast.
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East India
East India is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Orissa, and often Jharkhand and Bihar. It is geographically between North India and North-East India, and shares many cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh, which formed part of this region before Partition of India.
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East Malaysia
East Malaysia consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, located on the island of Borneo to the east, across the South China Sea from Peninsular Malaysia which is located on the Malay Peninsula. While East Malaysia is less populated and relatively less developed than West Malaysia, its land mass is larger and has notably more natural resources, which are chiefly oil and gas reserves.
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East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It consists of the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire.
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East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City connecting Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland.
In reference to its connection to Long Island Sound, it was once also known as the Sound River.
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East Sussex
East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex and, to the south, by the English Channel.
The ancient kingdom of Sussex had separate county administrations since the 12th century, with the county town of the eastern division being Lewes .
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East Timor
East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro Island and Jaco , and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor.
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Easter
Easter, also known as Pascha , the Feast of the Resurrection, the Sunday of the Resurrection, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast of the Christianity liturgical year, observed between late March and late April . It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which his followers believe occurred after his death by crucifixion in AD 27-33 .
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Easter egg
Easter eggs are specially decorated egg s given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute eggs made from chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jellybeans.
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Eastern Chipmunk
The Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is a small squirrel-like rodent found in eastern North America, a member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias.
They have reddish-brown fur on their upper parts with 5 dark brown stripes and contrasting light brown stripes along their backs and light underparts.
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Eastern Cottontail
The Eastern Cottontail is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. This is probably the most common rabbit in North America.
These are chunky red-brown or grey-brown rabbits with large hind feet, long ears and a short fluffy white tail. Their underparts are hairy.
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Eastern Cottonwood
The Eastern Cottonwood is a large poplar tree native to North America, growing throughout the eastern United States and the southernmost part of eastern Canada. It is in fact one of the largest North American hardwood trees. The Eastern Cottonwood is one of the three species of cottonwoods denoted with the section Aegiros, the other two being the Fremont Cottonwood and Black Poplar.
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Eastern fence lizard
The Eastern Fence Lizard is a medium sized species of lizard found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps from southwestern Canada in the province of British Columbia, across the Great Plains to the eastern United States, south to northern Mexico.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
The Eastern Gray Squirrel is a tree squirrel that is native to the eastern to midwestern United States and the eastern provinces of Canada. The species name carolinensis refers to the Carolinas, where they were first recorded by zoologists, and are still extremely common.
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Eastern Hemisphere
* Prime Meridian
* Old World
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Eastern Hemlock
Eastern Hemlock, also known as Canadian Hemlock, is a Pinophyta tree native to eastern North America. It ranges from northeastern Minnesota eastward through southern Quebec to Nova Scotia, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.
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Eastern Highlands
The Eastern Highlands is a mountain range in the east of Zimbabwe. The range forms the eastern border with Mozambique. The Eastern Highlands comprise three main mountain groups - Nyanga, Zimbabwe, Bvumba and Chimanimani. These regions are all sparsely populated, highland country with a cooler and wetter climate than other parts of Africa.
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Eastern Kingbird
The Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.
Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have a red patch on their crown, seldom seen.
Their breeding habitat is open areas across North America.
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Eastern Lowland Gorilla
The Eastern Lowland Gorilla is a subspecies of Eastern Gorilla that is now only found in the forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This subspecies is more robust in appearance than the Western Lowland Gorilla, having longer teeth, a stronger jaw and a broader torso.
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Eastern Meadowlark
The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark.
Adults have yellow underparts with a black "V" on the breast and white flanks with black streaks. The upperparts are mainly brown with black streaks.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christianity body that encompasses national jurisdictions such as the Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox and other Churches . It traces its origins to the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Jesus for salvation, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles at the time of Pentecost and maintained through unbroken Apostolic Succession.
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Eastern United States
The Eastern United States, the American East, or simply the East is traditionally defined as the states east of the Mississippi River. The first two tiers of states west of the Mississippi have traditionally been considered part of the West, but can be included in the East today; usually in regional models that exclude a Central United States region.
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Eastern White Pine
Eastern White Pine is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeasternmost Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the extreme north of Georgia.
It is a member of the Pinus classification group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaf are in fascicles of five, with a deciduous sheath.
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Easy Money
Easy Money is a 1983 comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was directed by James Signorelli and written by Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P.J. O'Rourke and Dennis Blair.
Quote: "uppers, downers, a little tootsarootski."
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Easys
easys GNU/Linux is a new Slackware-based distribution featuring a simplified Slackware installer, one application per task, and KDE Light desktop.
External links *
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Eating
In general terms, eating is the process of consuming something edible, i.e. food, for the purpose of providing for the nutrition needs of an animal, particularly their food energy requirements. All animals must eat other organisms in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores consume a mixture of both.
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Eau de Cologne
Eau de Cologne is a type of 'light perfume that originated in Cologne, Germany and is defined by its typical concentration of about 2-5% essential oils.
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Eaves
An eave is the edge of a roof. Eaves usually project beyond the side of the building. Some buildings, such as craftsman bungalows, have very wide eaves with decorative Bracket#In_mechanics_and_structuress.
The word eave can also refer to the part of a sloping roof that overhangs the wall, the part of a roof which projects out from the side wall, or the lower edge of the part of a roof that overhangs a wall.
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Ebola
Ebola is the common term for a group of viruses belonging to genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, which cause Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever. The disease can be deadly and encompasses a range of symptoms, usually including vomiting, diarrhoea, general body pain, internal and external bleeding, and fever .
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Ebon
In August of 2002, Justin and Melinda Whedon shifted their focus from the promotion of club and rave events, to the production of dark tribal house and industrial electro breaks. Producing together under the alias Ebon, the duo swiftly caught the ear of the EDM community. Their first promo single 'Sleepless2' was well received by DJ's everywhere, and was soon charted in the March 2003 issue of MUZIK magazine by James Zabiela.
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Ebony
Ebony, also known as Indian Ebony or Ceylon Ebony, is a tree in the genus Diospyros, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is noted for its heavy, black, fine-grained wood. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree, reaching 20–25 m tall.
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Ebony spleenwort
The Ebony spleenwort is a species of spleenwort with a peculiar distribution in two continents. In North America it is native almost throughout the eastern United States, and in the far southeast of Canada; there are also isolated small populations in New Mexico, Arizona and the West Indies.
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Ebro
The Ebro is Spain's most voluminous and second longest river. It starts at Fontibre and passes Miranda de Ebro, Logroo, Zaragoza, Flix, Tortosa, and Amposta before ending in a river delta on the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Tarragona .
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