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    A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. Most commonly, mounds are earthen formations such as hills and mountains, particularly...
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    The Mound is an artificial slope and road in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. It was formed by dumping around...
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    Many pre-Columbian cultures in North America were collectively termed "Mound Builders", but the term has no formal meaning. It does not refer to specific...
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    The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-feet-long (411 m), three-feet-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio. It was built on what is known...
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    Tumulus (redirect from Burial mound)
    tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and Central...
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    Cahokia (redirect from Cahokia Mounds)
    Cahokia Mounds /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi...
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    Mound-building termites are a group of termite species that live in mounds which are made of a combination of soil, termite saliva and dung. These termites...
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  • also refer to: Mound, Louisiana, United States Mound, Minnesota, United States Mound, Texas, United States Mound, West Virginia Mound Creek, a stream...
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    Krakus Mound or Kopiec Krakusa in Polish, also called the Krak Mound, is a tumulus located in the Podgórze district of Kraków, Poland; thought to be the...
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  • Blue Mound, Texas Blue Mound State Park in Wisconsin Blue Mounds Fort in Wisconsin Blue Mounds (town), Wisconsin Blue Mounds, Wisconsin Blue Mounds State...
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    Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates...
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  • Mound City may refer to: Mound City, Arkansas Mound City, Illinois Mound City National Cemetery Mound City, Kansas Mound City, Missouri Mound City, South...
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    ants, the Allegheny mound ant builds large mounds, however this species tends to build some of the largest. Aside from the mounds, the ants also act as...
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    Serpent Mound crater, also known as the Serpent Mound Disturbance, is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Ohio, United States. It lies largely in Adams...
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    An effigy mound is a raised pile of earth built in the shape of a stylized animal, symbol, religious figure, human, or other figure. The Effigy Moundbuilder...
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    Flower Mound is an incorporated town located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort...
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    Town of Elk Mound. Carl Gerbschmidt is the most famous resident. A post office called Elk Mound has been in operation since 1870. Elk Mound was laid out...
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    Mimizuka (redirect from Ear Mound)
    The Mimizuka (耳塚, "Ear Mound" or "Ear Tomb"), which was renamed from Hanazuka (鼻塚, "Nose Mound"), is a monument in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the...
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  • Mons pubis (redirect from Mound of Venus)
    In human anatomy, and in mammals in general, the mons pubis or pubic mound (also known simply as the mons /mɒnz/, and known specifically in females as...
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    Hügelkultur (redirect from German mound)
    without umlaut: Huegelkultur), literally mound bed or mound culture, is a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and...
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    Charles Mound is a gentle, 1,235-foot (376 m) high hill located in Scales Mound Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It is 2 miles (3...
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    Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, commonly known as Wagon Mound (No. 1), is a landmark tort law case, which imposed a remoteness rule for...
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    Kościuszko Mound (Polish: kopiec Kościuszki) is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national...
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  • Mound Cemetery, Cemetery Mound, or Mound Cemetery Site may refer to: McLaughlin Mound, also called Cemetery Mound, Mount Vernon, Ohio Mound Cemetery (Marietta...
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  • Grand Mound can refer to a place in the United States: Grand Mound, Iowa, a small city Grand Mound, Washington, a census-designated place Grand Mound (Minnesota)...
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    In baseball, charging the mound is an assault by a batter against the pitcher, usually the result of being hit by a pitch or nearly being hit by a pitch...
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    The Kolomoki Mounds is one of the largest and earliest Woodland period earthwork mound complexes in the Southeastern United States and is the largest...
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    The Håga mound (Hågahögen) or King Björn's Mound (Kung Björns hög) is a large Nordic Bronze Age tumulus in the western outskirts of Uppsala, Sweden. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Rocky Mound, Texas
    Rocky Mound is a town in Camp County, Texas, United States. The population was 75 at the 2010 census, down from 93 at the 2000 census; in 2020, its population...
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    Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census, down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded...
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