Place-name synopses of the regions 131Nairobi (Kenya)
Ngong Hills. Mt. Kinango. Masai Gorge. Kabira. Nyeri. Murang’a. Kikuyu.
Athi River. Dandora. Saba Saba. Gitutu. Machakos. Thika. Lake Naivasha. Suswa.
Gilgil. Hyrax Hill. Soda Lake. Magadi. Olorgasailie. Konza. Fourteen Falls.
Santamor Halt. Nairobi National Park. Kikoro. Kithimani. Embu. Kipipiri. Rift
Valley to west. Mt. Kenya to north. Mt. Kilimanjaro and Tanzania to south. Indian
Ocean to east. (1999 pop.; 2000 image)
Nantes (France)
The Loire. Lac de Grand-Lieu. Canal de Nantes a Brest. Etang de Pin. La
Chapelle-Basse-Mer. La Montagne. Paimboeuf. Etang du Grand Moulin. Charbon-
nieres. The Atlantic. Cote de Jade. Pont de St-Nazaire. La Pommeraye. St-Mars.
Foret d’Ombres. Le Pin. Menhirs des Loueres. Missillac. Ste-Anne. Maine Riviere.
Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne. La Grande Haie. Notre-Dame-des-Landes. Pique-
niques. (1999 pop.; 2001 image) (Pauleitet al.2005)
Ottawa (Canada)
Ontario. Quebec. Ottawa River. Rideau Locks. Hull. La Peche. Gloucester.
Algonquin. Rockland. Parc de la Gatineau. Buckingham. Aylmer. Carleton Place.
Brockville. St. Andrews. Lac Simon. Cornwall. Kilmamock. Papineau-Labelle.
Moose Creek. Fitzroy Park. New Dublin. Tincas. Smith’s Falls. Ogdensburg. Limo-
ges. Stittsville. Brightside. Pike Lake. Fort Coulonge. Quebec to north. Montreal to
east. New York and USA to south. Sewage-lagoon birds. Greenbelt and greenways.
(2001 pop.; 2001 image) (Hough 2004, Billington and Tozer 1977)
Philadelphia (USA)
The Schuylkill. Delaware River. Valley Forge. Pine Barrens. New Jersey.
Levittown. Camden. New Hope. Bristol. Chester. Chestnut Street. Main Line.
Haverford College. Bryn Mawr. Swedesboro. Mullica River. George School. Fort
Dix/McGuire AFB. Pennsylvania Turnpike. Liberty Bell. Wilmington to south-
west.NewYork to northeast. Quaker William Penn atop City Hall. Benjamin
Franklin’s university. Paddling through cedar swamp magic. (2000 pop.; 2002
image) (McHarg1969,Forman 1979a, Pinelands Commission1980a)
Portland (USA)
Oregon City. Columbia River. Bonneville Dam. Willamette. Capital
Salem. Trojan Nuclear. St. Helens. Timber. Scappoose. Vancouver. Washington
State. Beaverton. Mt. Hood. Turner. Silverton. Scotts Mills. Elk Lake. Mt. Jefferson.
Bull Run. Woodburn. Zigzag. Cedar Hills. Rhododendron. Cougar. Milwaukie.