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1138:Loktak Lake
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828:Deepor Beel
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864:Nanda Lake
713:Coimbatore
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308:1 November
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43:Designated
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1054:Tsomoriri
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882:Khijadiya
718:Mudumalai
687:Megamalai
677:Mudumalai
591:Kazhuveli
550:Vallanadu
515:Mudumalai
510:Megamalai
449:Mudumalai
274:Sayalgudi
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708:Anamalai
667:Anamalai
631:Vaduvoor
586:Karikili
500:Kalakkad
470:Anamalai
454:Mukurthi
424:Anamalai
408:Nilgiris
341:Archived
187:tamarind
171:Prosopis
167:invasive
1358:Tripura
1148:Mizoram
1130:Manipur
1059:Tso Kar
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495:Kadavur
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1166:Odisha
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1018:Kerala
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434:Guindy
301:Ramsar
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141:Flora
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123:heron
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