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614:East Asia
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554:Pannonian
255:chernozem
203:Bohai Sea
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93:Countries
80:Geography
646:HokkaidĹŤ
585:Caucasus
564:Sarmatic
508:Pyrenees
503:Po Basin
463:Atlantic
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126:124°25′E
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257:soils.
209:Climate
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51:Ecology
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559:Rodope
529:Balkan
483:Celtic
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468:Azores
367:(PDF)
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100:China
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