Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Malheur
Malheurməloor', river, c.165 mi (270 km) long, rising in several branches in the Strawberry Mts., E Oregon. The united stream flows generally NE to the Snake River at Ontario. There are flood-control projects on the river, and the Vale project uses the Malheur for irrigation.
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- Malheur Lake
Malheur Lake, c.15 mi (25 km) long and up to 5 mi (8 km) wide, in Harney Basin, SE Oreg. It receives the basin's interior drainage. A national wildlife refuge is there.
- Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de
Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de, 1740–1814, French writer and libertine. He is known as the marquis de Sade —the title he held before becoming count on his father's death (1767). Fa...
