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plants and animals including twenty-one bird species, a very high number for this small ecoregion. There are only twenty-two native mammals on these islands, including the rare
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2221:Indian Ocean
2201:Thracian Sea
2186:Sea of Crete
2176:Sea of Åland
2171:Sargasso Sea
2146:Ligurian Sea
2131:Labrador Sea
2121:Irminger Sea
2076:Gulf of Lion
2031:Bothnian Sea
2021:Bay of Fundy
1996:Balearic Sea
1961:Adriatic Sea
1883:Beaufort Sea
1865:Arctic Ocean
1790:Amundsen Sea
1683:Semangka Bay
1617:Wetar Strait
1612:Sunda Strait
1607:Sumba Strait
1587:Rupat Strait
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2517:Visayan Sea
2497:Solomon Sea
2492:Sibuyan Sea
2487:Shantar Sea
2442:Molucca Sea
2437:Mar de Grau
2367:Chilean Sea
2362:Celebes Sea
2357:Camotes Sea
2322:Arafura Sea
2234:Arabian Sea
2229:Andaman Sea
2181:Sea of Azov
2156:Myrtoan Sea
1971:Alboran Sea
1923:Pechora Sea
1918:Lincoln Sea
1888:Chukchi Sea
1878:Barents Sea
1855:Weddell Sea
1825:Lazarev Sea
1693:Tomini Gulf
1668:Lampung Bay
1663:Jakarta Bay
1648:Bintuni Bay
1592:Sape Strait
1582:Riau Strait
1577:Pitt Strait
1542:Laut Strait
1512:Bali Strait
1502:Alor Strait
1497:Alas Strait
1451:Molucca Sea
1431:Celebes Sea
1416:Arafura Sea
1411:Andaman Sea
1017:28 December
923:ecoregion.
796:Earthquakes
765:Aru Islands
737:island arcs
723:Map of the
688:Kai Islands
680:Aru Islands
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459: /
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230:Max. length
188:Molucca Sea
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122:Coordinates
2635:Categories
2581:Superocean
2555:Salton Sea
2522:Yellow Sea
2512:Tasman Sea
2457:Salish Sea
2337:Bering Sea
2244:Flores Sea
2211:Wadden Sea
2141:Libyan Sea
2111:Ionian Sea
2106:Hudson Bay
2051:Foxe Basin
2041:Celtic Sea
2001:Baltic Sea
1991:Baffin Bay
1966:Aegean Sea
1938:Wandel Sea
1913:Laptev Sea
1845:Scotia Sea
1830:Mawson Sea
1643:Berau Gulf
1456:Natuna Sea
1436:Flores Sea
1170:BioScience
1144:IFLScience
987:References
957:Kei myotis
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782:West Papua
761:Aru Trough
700:navigation
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289:Tasi Banda
277:Portuguese
273:Laut Banda
269:Indonesian
254:Max. depth
238:Max. width
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196:Banda Arch
66:Tasi Banda
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41:Indonesian
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2477:Seram Sea
2447:Moro Gulf
2372:Coral Sea
2352:Bohol Sea
2347:Bohai Sea
2332:Banda Sea
2304:Timor Sea
2161:North Sea
2126:James Bay
2116:Irish Sea
2026:Black Sea
1943:White Sea
1850:Somov Sea
1810:Davis Sea
1688:Tolo Gulf
1678:Saleh Bay
1653:Boni Gulf
1633:Ambon Bay
1481:Timor Sea
1471:Seram Sea
1426:Banda Sea
1149:25 August
1124:25 August
1118:New Atlas
931:ecoregion
658:Geography
354:Ceram Sea
313:Halmahera
301:Indonesia
265:Banda Sea
212:Indonesia
192:Ceram Sea
184:Timor Sea
144:6°S 127°E
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2681:Wallacea
2614:Category
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2540:Aral Sea
2507:Sulu Sea
2462:Savu Sea
2432:Koro Sea
2427:Java Sea
2327:Bali Sea
1908:Kara Sea
1840:Ross Sea
1466:Savu Sea
1446:Java Sea
1421:Bali Sea
1300:Archived
1263:Archived
1243:Archived
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