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  2. Art Fund - Wikipedia

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    Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.

  3. National Geographic Society - Wikipedia

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    The National Geographic Society was founded on January 13, 1888 "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge". [3] It is governed by a board of trustees whose 33 members include distinguished educators, business executives, former government officials and conservationists. [4] The organization sponsors and funds scientific research and ...

  4. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    A peak or projection from the top of a hill or mountain, or any rounded protrusion of land, especially a small but prominent or isolated hill with steep sides; a boulder or an area of resistant rock protruding from the side of a hill or mountain. The term is used primarily in the southern United States. [5] knoll.

  5. Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) - Wikipedia

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    N. nadir. narrows. Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation. A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture. national mapping agency.

  6. Land and Water Conservation Fund - Wikipedia

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    Land and Water Conservation Fund. The United States ' Land and Water Conservation Fund ( LWCF) is a federal program that was established by Act of Congress in 1965 to provide funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, and easements on land and water, for the benefit of all Americans. [1]

  7. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    The citizenship definition of many tribal nations runs counter to how other countries or nations define their citizenship (based on borders, birth location, naturalization, instead of descendance, race, or ethnicity), and most federally recognized tribes are subject to the U.S. Government's final acceptance.

  8. American Association of Geographers - Wikipedia

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    The American Association of Geographers ( AAG) is a non-profit scientific and educational society aimed at advancing the understanding, study, and importance of geography and related fields. Its headquarters is located in Washington, D.C. The organization was founded on December 29, 1904, in Philadelphia, as the Association of American ...

  9. Neogeography - Wikipedia

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    Neogeography. Neogeography (literally "new geography") is the use of geographical techniques and tools for personal and community activities or by a non-expert group of users. [1] Application domains of neogeography are typically not formal or analytical. [2]