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1

American A city in west-central Montana, United States, located along the Missouri River and serving as the county seat of Cascade County.


2

American A prominent series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River along the border between northern Virginia and Maryland in the United States, located just upstream from Washington, D.C.


3

American A historic series of five major waterfalls on the upper Missouri River in north-central Montana, United States, famed as a major portage obstacle for the Lewis and Clark Expedition and now largely impounded by hydroelectric dams.


4

American A prominent 77-foot waterfall on the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, United States, historically harnessed to power one of the nation's earliest industrial manufacturing centers.

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