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North China Plain (华北平原)
The North China Plain (华北平原) is a >300,000 km² Yellow River alluvial plain, China's wheat–maize food bowl, marked by severe groundwater depletion, land subsidence, and recent aquifer recovery.
North Chungcheong
North Chungcheong (충청북도, Chungcheongbuk-do) is South Korea's only landlocked province, created in 1896, capital Cheongju, about 1.64 million people, manufacturing-heavy economy centered on Chungju and Cheongju.
North City, Amarna
The North City is the northernmost district of Akhetaten, the capital founded by Akhenaten at modern Amarna, and held the royal North Riverside Palace before its abandonment under Tutankhaten.
North Coast 500
North Coast 500 (NC500), 516-mile circular scenic driving route from Inverness around the northern Scottish Highlands through Wester Ross, Sutherland, Caithness, Easter Ross, the Black Isle and Inverness-Shire; launched 2015 by the North Highland Initiative, now run by North Coast 500 Ltd.
North Coast Athletic Conference
North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), NCAA Division III league founded 1983, first season 1984-85; nine academically selective members in Ohio and Indiana, 23 championship sports, Denison holds 22 All-Sports titles.
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, Coffs Harbour NSW: 20-hectare botanic garden opened 17 September 1988 on a former dump beside Coffs Creek; free entry, over 120,000 visitors yearly, run by City of Coffs Harbour with the Friends volunteers.
North Coast Rocketry
North Coast Rocketry is an American hobby rocket company founded in northeast Ohio in the mid-1980s, selling mid-power kits and motors, licensed to Estes in 1995 and revived after 2011.
North Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Field
North Cook Inlet is an offshore natural gas field in Cook Inlet, Alaska, discovered by Amoco in 1962 and produced since 1969 from the Tyonek Platform.
North Country (film)
North Country (2005) is a Warner Bros. drama directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron as Josey Aimes; a fictionalized account of Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., the first US sexual harassment class action, based on the book Class Action.
North Crimean Canal
The North Crimean Canal (Північно-Кримський канал) carries Dnieper water from the Kakhovka Reservoir into arid northern Crimea. Its 403 km main branch is Europe's longest canal.
North Dakota
North Dakota, nicknamed the Flickertail State, is a state in the north-central United States bordering Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
The North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party, or Dem-NPL, is North Dakota's Democratic Party affiliate, formed when the Democrats merged with the Nonpartisan League in 1960.
North Dakota Department of Transportation
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is the North Dakota state agency that maintains over 8,500 miles of roads and issues driver licenses and vehicle registrations.
North Dakota Fighting Sioux controversy
North Dakota Fighting Sioux controversy: UND's 1930-2012 athletic nickname, retired after an NCAA 'hostile and abusive' policy, a 2007 NCAA settlement, 2011 state legislation, a 2012 referendum, and the 2015 Fighting Hawks vote.
North Dakota Retirement and Investment Office (ND LF)
The North Dakota Retirement and Investment Office (RIO) is a state agency created in 1989 and based in Bismarck, overseeing $25.6 billion including the oil-tax Legacy Fund.
North Dakota State Bison football
North Dakota State Bison football: Fargo, North Dakota FCS dynasty with a record 10 FCS titles (2011-2024) among 18 claimed national championships; moved to FBS and the Mountain West in 2026.
North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University (NDSU), formerly North Dakota Agricultural College, is a public land-grant R1 research university in Fargo, founded 1890, with about 12,000 students and a 10-time FCS champion football program.
North Dallas Forty
North Dallas Forty: 1979 American sports comedy-drama directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Nick Nolte, based on Peter Gent's semi-autobiographical 1973 novel about the Dallas Cowboys; the NFL refused cooperation with the film.
North Denmark
North Denmark Region (Region Nordjylland) is Denmark's northernmost of five regions, created 1 January 2007; 11 municipalities, 593,135 residents (2024), smallest by population, ~15.5B DKK budget, 80% health; continues as one of four regions from 2027.
North Devon Biosphere Reserve
The North Devon Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere in South West England, designated in 1976 and centered on Braunton Burrows, England's largest sand-dune system.
North Devon Surf School
The North Devon Surf School is a family-run surf school at Westward Ho! in Devon, England, established in 1988, offering group and private lessons daily from February half term to 31 October.
North Doors of the Florence Baptistery
North Doors of the Florence Baptistery (Porta Nord del Battistero): gilded bronze doors with 28 quatrefoil reliefs of Christ's life, made by Lorenzo Ghiberti 1403–1424 after winning the 1401 Arte di Calimala competition over Brunelleschi; originals in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
North Down (UK Parliament constituency)
North Down is a House of Commons constituency in northern County Down, Northern Ireland, covering Bangor, Holywood, and Donaghadee. Its MP since July 2024 is independent unionist Alex Easton, who unseated Alliance's Stephen Farry by 7,305 votes.
North East
North East Region of Ghana, capital Nalerigu, created by December 2018 referendum from the Northern Region; six districts, agrarian savannah economy, and in 2025 home to Ghana's six poorest districts, with Yunyoo Nasuan highest at 51.6% multidimensional poverty.
North East England
North East England, ONS region E12000001, one of nine English statistical regions covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, and Tees Valley; nearly 2 million people, £40.7bn economy, mayoral combined authority since May 2024.
North East Independent School District
North East Independent School District (North East ISD) is a public school district serving northeast San Antonio and nearby suburbs. Formed in 1949, it is the second-largest district in San Antonio.
North East Link
North East Link is a freeway project in Melbourne connecting the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough with an upgraded Eastern Freeway, planned to open in 2028.
North Eastern Coalfields
North Eastern Coalfields is a coal-producing unit of Coal India Limited, headquartered at Margherita in Tinsukia district, Assam, that directly controls the coal mines of Assam and neighboring areas.
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd.
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) is an Indian government-owned power company, incorporated in 1976 and headquartered in Shillong, operating hydro, gas, and solar plants with 2,057 MW capacity.
North Ecliptic Pole
The North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) is the point on the celestial sphere 90 degrees north of the ecliptic plane, in Draco, a major deep-field region for astronomy.