Kuiper belt The Kuiper belt is an area of the solar system extending from the orbit of Neptune to 1 E12 m from the Sun. The objects within the Kuiper Belt together with the members of the scattered disk extending beyond, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian object.
	Kumasi Kumasi is the capital city of the Ashanti region of Ghana. Because of the varied plant life in the area, it is known as "The Garden City." It is located in the south-central part of the country, about 250 km northwest of Accra. Lake Bosumtwi, the largest natural lake in Ghana, is located approximately 32 km south of Kumasi.
	Kumis Kumis is a fermentation milk drink traditionally made from the milk of horses. It remains an important drink to the people of the Central Asian steppes, including the Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Mongols, and Yakuts. It is traditionally made from fermenting mare's milk in a horse-hide container over the course of hours or days, often while stirring or churning.
	Kumquat The kumquat or cumquat is a small fruit-bearing tree in the genus Fortunella. Its fruit closely resembles those of the related genus Citrus, and, like that genus, it is also classified in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. It is a slow-growing, evergreen shrub or small tree, from 2.5-4.5 m tall, with dense branches, sometimes bearing small thorns.
	Kunlun Mountains The Kunlun mountain range is one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. The Kunlun runs eastwards along the northern part of the Tibetan plateau to form the border range of northern Tibet. It stretches along the southern edge what is now called the Tarim Basin, the infamous Takla Makan or "sand-buried houses" desert, and the Gobi desert.
	Kuomintang The Chinese Nationalist Party , commonly known as the Kuomintang , is a centre-right political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in terms of sitting Legislative Yuan and public membership. Together with the People First Party , it forms what is known as the pan-blue coalition, which leans towards Chinese reunification whereas the pan-green coalition leans towards Taiwan independence.
	Kura River Kura is a river in the Caucasus Mountains. Starting in Eastern Turkey, it flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Araks River as a right tributary, and enters the Caspian Sea. The total length of the river is 1,364 km. The name Kura is taken from the name Kurosh which is the Persian language
	Kurdistan Kurdistan is the name of a geographic and cultural geography in the Middle East, inhabited traditionally predominantly by the Kurds. As a traditional ethnographic region, Kurdistan is generally held to include the contiguous regions in northern and northeastern Mesopotamia with large Kurdish populations.
	Kurdistan Workers Party The Kurdistan Workers Party, also known as KADEK and Kongra-Gel, is an armed militant group, whose stated aim is to create an independent Kurdish state in a territory that consists of parts of south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Iraq, north-eastern Syria and north-western Iran.
	Kursk Kursk is a city in the western part of Central Russia, at the confluence of Kur River, Russia and Seym River rivers. It is the administrative center of Kursk Oblast. The population of the city was 412,442 in 2002.
	Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is an United States novelist and satire.
	Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim is an Austrian diplomat and conservative politician. He was United Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and List of Federal Presidents of Austria from 1986 to 1992.
	Kurus Kurus was a Turkey currency subunit. One Turkish lira was equal to 100 kurus. The kurus was also the standard unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire. Originally a large silver coin, in the mid 1800s its value had depreciated to the point where it circulated as both a large copper coin and a very small silver one as well.
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	Kuwait The State of Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia in the south and Iraq in the north. The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water."
	Kuwait City Kuwait City , population 32,403 , is the capital of the emirate of Kuwait and part of the Al-Asimah governorate. Locally known as "The City" , it contains the Majlis Al-Umma , most Governmental offices, the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and banks, the Liberation Tower and the Kuwait Towers.
	Kvass Kvass, bread drink is a fermentation mildly alcoholic beverage popular in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. Kvass has been a common drink in Russia since ancient times. It has been both a commercial product and homemade. It is consumed widely in Ukraine, and in almost every city there are kvass vendors on the street.
	Kwajalein * Space and Missile Defense Command * Ground-Based Midcourse Defense * Missile Defense Agency * Marshall Islands * Battle of Kwajalein * USS Kwajalein * Communications in the Marshall Islands * History of the Marshall Islands * Geography of the Marshall Islands * Economy of the Marshall Islands
	Kwanzaa Kwanzaa is a week-long secular holiday honoring African-American heritage, observed from December 26 to January 1 each year, almost exclusively by African-Americans in the United States of America. Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, featuring activities such as candle-lighting and pouring of libations, and culminating in a feast and gift-giving.
	Kwashiorkor Kwashiorkor is a type of childhood malnutrition with controversial causes, but commonly believed to be caused by insufficient protein intake. British pediatrician Cicely D. Williams introduced the name into international scientific circles in her 1935 Lancet article. The name is derived from one of the Kwa languages of coastal Ghana and means "the one who is displaced" reflecting the development of the condition in the older child who has been Breastfeeding#Weaning from the breast once a new sibling is born.
	KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal, often referred to as "KZN", is a Provinces of South Africa of South Africa. Prior to 1994 the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the Natal Province and all pieces of territory that made up the Bantustan of KwaZulu.
	Kyanite Kyanite, whose name derives from the Greek word kyanos, meaning blue, is a typically blue silicate mineral, commonly found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatite and/or sedimentary rock. Kyanite is a diagnostic mineral of the Blueschist Facies of metamorphic rocks.
	Kyoto is a cities of Japan in Japan, which has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.
	Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, formerly the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Kyrgyzstan means the "Land of the Kyrgyz". Also known as "Switzerland of Central Asia"
	Kyushu Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. It is considered the birthplace of the Japanese civilization. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima . The ancient region Saikaido consists of Kyushu and its surrounding islands.
	Kyzyl Kum The Kyzyl Kum , also called Qyzylqum is the 11th largest desert in the world. Its name means red sand in both Uzbek language and Kazakh language. It is located in Central Asia in the doab between the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and is divided between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.