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1125:2011.
943:23211
881:13731
819:21281
518:13971
362:Playa
164:Mouth
74:Ponce
949:Both
887:Both
878:25.2
825:Both
765:Both
759:4891
704:Both
644:Both
584:Both
524:Both
515:0.3*
458:Both
398:Road
305:mill
940:0.5
756:0.0
698:N/A
638:N/A
578:N/A
452:N/A
407:NBI
392:No.
382:in
1337::
497:)
409:ID
364:.
276:.
927:9
865:8
805:7
743:6
684:5
624:4
564:3
502:2
446:)
434:1
344:(
20:.
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