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427:Port of Thessaloniki
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843:Stara Tisa
818:Lake Palić
767:Vinatovača
697:Lake Ludaš
457:References
439:Aegean Sea
355:Kriva Reka
342:Aegean Sea
286:Macedonian
274:Macedonian
205:Трипушница
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142:Aegean Sea
96:21°40′20″E
93:41°49′08″N
823:Ponjavica
692:Kraljevac
632:Bagremara
491:0354-4206
435:Black Sea
321:Jurumleri
295:romanized
266:Katlanovo
222:romanized
209:Trgovište
931:Sopoćani
848:Zlatibor
803:Jegrička
772:Zasavica
722:Prebreza
606:Kopaonik
423:Belgrade
417: ;
409:See also
329:Petrovec
325:Idrizovo
278:Средорек
241:Коћурица
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946:Vlasina
838:Tikvara
808:Kamaraš
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366:Gallery
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282:Которци
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213:Serbian
187:River.
155:Serbian
41:Country
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798:Grmija
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642:Bukovo
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431:Danube
306:Skopje
249:Kozjak
191:Serbia
185:Vardar
177:Serbia
161:Пчиња
151:Pčinja
138:Vardar
121:Length
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45:Serbia
22:Pčinja
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479:(PDF)
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542:ISBN
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