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240:Ramu River
193:Basin size
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482:Yonki Dam
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439:Indonesia
429:In 1936,
369:Kompagnie
352:south of
205:Discharge
1281:Category
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460:and the
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365:Ottilien
330:botanist
315:Ottilien
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58:Location
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1010:Mambare
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736:Markham
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295:Germany
277:History
63:Country
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1100:Segero
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855:Boiken
785:Aramia
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