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151:Established
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106:Coordinates
100:Trincomalee
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644:Maduru Oya
639:Madhu Road
524:2009-06-22
497:2009-06-22
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448:Daily News
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361:References
283:Lobophyton
226:coral reef
726:Hikkaduwa
700:Horagolla
669:Wasgamuwa
664:Ussangoda
659:Udawalawe
649:Minneriya
570:Sri Lanka
343:civil war
279:Sinularia
271:Poritidae
254:Montipora
216:in 2004.
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688:Wet zone
674:Wilpattu
619:Kaudulla
577:Dry zone
386:iwmi.org
349:See also
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260:Faviidae
248:Acropora
230:dry zone
186:Nilaveli
82:Location
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118:81°12′E
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