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285:Mount Popa
273:Pegu River
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241:ပဲခူးရိုးမ
165:Pegu Range
119:Dimensions
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91:20°55′27″N
64:Mount Popa
49:Mount Popa
38:ပဲခူးရိုးမ
33:Pegu Range
18:Pegu Yomas
312:volcanics
305:Paleogene
253:Irrawaddy
249:Bago Yoma
245:Pegu Yoma
205:95°14.9′E
202:20°55.3′N
140:Geography
71:Elevation
561:Category
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364:Dry Belt
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352:Ecology
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