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Places
Places term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
VC 83 (Midlothian)

Use for: vice county 83, vice-county 83

  • Vice County 83 - Midlothian, as defined by Hewitt Cottrell Watson in his biological recording system
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VC81 (Berwickshire)

Use for: vice county 81, vice-county 81

  • Vice County 81 - Berwickshire, as defined by Hewitt Cottrell Watson in his biological recording system
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Vice Counties (UK) (2)

Use for: VC, Vice-county, vice county, vice-counties, Watsonian vice-county

  • a geographical division of the British Isles. It is also called biological vice-county as it is used for purposes of biological recording and other scientific data-gathering, or sometimes called a Watsonian vice-county as vice-counties were introduced by Hewett Cottrell Watson in the third volume of his Cybele Britannica, published in 1852.
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Virunga Mountains

Use for: Birunga Mountains, Mufumbiro Mountains

  • A volcanic range north of Lake Kivu in east-central Africa, extending about 50 miles (80 km) along the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. The range runs east-west, perpendicular to the rift valley in which lie Lakes Kivu and Edward.
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Wales

Use for: Cymru, Cambria

  • constituent unit of the United Kingdom that forms a westward extension of the island of Great Britain. The capital and main commercial and financial centre is Cardiff.
  • In 1536 Wales was united with England to form England and Wales. In 1707 Scotland was united with England and Wales to form Great Britain. Subsequent to a referendum held in 1998, devolution into an autonomous entity within the United Kingdom became effective 1 July 1999 with the state opening of the Welsh National Assembly in Cardiff by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Warwickshire 1 0
Washington (1)

Use for: Washington, USA

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West Bengal (India) (1)
  • a state in the eastern part of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal.
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West Lothian (1) 0 0
Western Ghats (mountain range)

Use for: Sahyadri

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