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municipality, Walloon Region, eastern Belgium. It is situated in the wooded hills of the northern Ardennes, southeast of Liege. Its popular mineral springs, known locally as pouhons, have caused the ...
spa
spring or resort with thermal or mineral water used for drinking and bathing. The name was taken from a town near Liege, Belg., to which persons traveled for the reputed curative properties of its ...
Royal Leamington Spa
town, Warwick district, administrative and historic county of Warwickshire, central England. It lies along the River Leam, which is a tributary of the River Avon. The 900-year-old Midland Oak, 2 ...
Mineralnye Vody
town, Stavropol kray (region), southwestern Russia. It lies along the Kuma River and the main rail line between Rostov-na-Donu and Baku (Azerbaijan). Mineralnye Vody is a spa (its name means ...
Kumanovo
city in northern Macedonia. It lies east-northeast of Skopje, on the rail and road link between Nis, Serbia, and Skopje. Agriculture and metal and tobacco processing contribute to the local economy. ...
Lipetsk
city and administrative centre of Lipetsk oblast (province), western Russia. It lies along both banks of the Voronezh River in the Don Basin. A fortified settlement existed on the site in the 13th ...
Dax
town, Landes departement, Aquitaine region, southwestern France. It lies on the left bank of the Adour River, 88 miles (142 km) southwest of Bordeaux and 50 miles (80 km) north of the Pyrenees ...
Dordogne River
river in southwestern France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing west for 293 mi (472 km) to Bec d'Ambes, north of Bordeaux, where it unites with the Garonne to form the Gironde Estuary; its ...
mineral water
water that contains a large quantity of dissolved minerals or gases. Mineral water from natural springs commonly has a high content of calcium carbonate, magnesium sulfate, potassium, and sodium ...
Austria
At the beginning of the 21st century, the service sector employed more than three-fifths of Austria's workforce and generated the large majority of the country's GDP. However, this should not be ...
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