Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

weapon volume 15 page 26, picture,

volume 15 page 26

Rift Valley (geological feature in Africa

and Asia): see in index Great Rift Valley

rift valley (landform)

valley volume 14 page 53

Riga (capital city of Latvia)

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volume 11 page 65

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Latvia volume 7 page 115

right angle (mathematics)

geometry volume 5 page 98

right-angled triangle (mathematics): see

in index right triangle

right of asylum (law): see in index asylum

Rights, Bill of (British history)

Parliament volume 10 page 38

Rights, Bill of (United States Constitution):

see in index United States Bill of

Rights

rights, civil (law): see in index civil rights

rights, human: see in index human rights

Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Declaration

of the (document of the

French Revolution, 1789)

French Revolution volume 5 page 70

human rights volume 6 page 97

Lafayette volume 7 page 101

right to public assembly

bill of rights volume 2 page 70

right to vote: see in index suffrage

right triangle (mathematics)

geometry volume 5 page 98

Rigveda (Hindu literature)

Veda volume 14 page 60

Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van

(Dutch artist): see in index Rembrandt

rime (poetic device): see in index rhyme

ring (boxing)

boxing volume 2 page 118

ring (planetary)

planets volume 10 page 93, picture, volume

10 page 93

Saturn volume 12 page 42

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Uranus volume 14 page 39

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

Circus (U.S. circus company)

circus volume 3 page 120

ringmaster (circus)

circus volume 3 page 120

ring of fire (chain of volcanic activity in

the Pacific Ocean)

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earthquake volume 4 page 92

Pacific Ocean volume 10 page 4

plate tectonics volume 10 page 98

volcano volume 14 page 100

rings (gymnastics)

gymnastics volume 5 page 174, picture,

volume 5 page 175

ring system (planetary): see in index ring

ring-tailed lemur (mammal)

lemur volume 7 page 128

primate picture, volume 10 page 149

tail volume 13 page 7

rink (ice skating facility): see in index

hockey rink; ice rink

Rio de Janeiro (city in Brazil)

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volume 11 page 67

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Carnival picture, volume 2 page 127

Rio de la Plata (historical viceroyalty and

state in South America)

Argentina volume 1 page 176

Rio dos Camaroes (river in Africa): see in

indexWouri River

Rio Grande (river in North America)

Big Bend National Park picture, volume

9 page 79

Rio Negro (river in Uruguay)

Uruguay volume 14 page 42

Rio Negro, Embalse del (artificial lake in

Uruguay): see in index Embalse del Rio

Negro

river

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dam volume 4 page 9

erosion

canyon formation volume 3 page 31

valley volume 14 page 52, picture, volume

4 page 152, picture, volume 14

page 53

flood volume 5 page 33

irrigation volume 6 page 160

Jordan River picture, volume 7 page 36

Mississippi River picture, volume 11

page 67

water volume 15 page 22

waterfall volume 15 page 24

Rivera, Diego (Mexican painter)

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Kahlo volume 7 page 44

Mexico City volume 8 page 114

“Pan American Unity” picture, volume

11 page 68

riverboat (vessel): see in index steamboat

river dolphin (mammal)

dolphin volume 4 page 64

River Indians (Native American people):

see in index Mohican

river jack (reptile): see in index rhinoceros

viper

river mouth (river): see in index mouth

Riyadh (capital city of Saudi Arabia)

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volume 11 page 69

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Kingdom Centre building picture, volume

12 page 45

King’s Camel Race picture, volume 12

page 44

Saudi Arabia volume 12 page 43

roach (insect): see in index cockroach

road (transportation)

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common abbreviations table, volume 1

page 8

images

cloverleaf picture, volume 11 page 71

unpaved country road picture, volume

11 page 70

Persia volume 10 page 61

transportation volume 13 page 92

road bicycle (vehicle): see in index racing

bicycle; touring bicycle

road race (bicycle race)

cycling volume 3 page 234

road-racing bicycle (vehicle): see in index

racing bicycle

roadrunner (bird)

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cuckoo volume 3 page 229

road sign: see in index street sign

Robbins, Jerome (U.S. choreographer)

dance volume 4 page 14

Robert I (king of Scotland)

Scotland volume 12 page 53

Roberts, John G., Jr. (U.S. jurist)

U.S. Senate confirmation hearing picture,

volume 14 page 36

Robert the Bruce (king of Scotland): see

in index Robert I

Robespierre, Maximilien de (French

revolutionary) picture, volume 5 page 70

robin (bird)

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American robin picture, volume 2

page 78, picture, volume 11 page 72

European robin picture, volume 11

page 72

Robinson, Jackie (U.S. athlete)

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volume 11 page 73

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Campanella, Doby, Newcombe, and

Robinson picture, volume 2 page 32

Robinson, Jesse Louis (U.S. minister

activist): see in index Jackson, Jesse

Robinson, Ray Charles (U.S. musician):

see in index Charles, Ray

“Robinson Crusoe” (work by Defoe)

literature for children volume 7