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824:"Status of Lifeforms of Angiosperms Found at 'Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary' (North Gujarat) in Comparison of Normal Biological Spectrum (NBS)"
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16:Lake in India
1593:Asan Barrage
1413:Sambhar Lake
1347:Tampara Lake
1332:Chilika Lake
1322:Anshupa Lake
1304:Pala Wetland
1230:Sakhya Sagar
1225:Bhoj Wetland
1133:Mansar Lakes
1086:Chandra Taal
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176:Water volume
166:Surface area
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1587:Uttarakhand
1572:Sur Sarovar
1286:Loktak Lake
1268:Thane Creek
1250:Maharashtra
1235:Sirpur Lake
1096:Renuka Lake
994:Kanwar Lake
976:Deepor Beel
616:sarus crane
528:during the
285:sarus crane
115: /
90:Coordinates
1629:Categories
1423:Tamil Nadu
1263:Lonar Lake
1138:Wular Lake
1035:Nalsarovar
1012:Nanda Lake
690:References
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303:Topography
281:flamingoes
273:waterbirds
223:Designated
103:72°37.50′E
100:23°22.50′N
1400:Rajasthan
1202:Tsomoriri
1148:Karnataka
1040:Thol Lake
1030:Khijadiya
716:24 August
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565:flamingos
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526:waterfowl
489:Salvadora
428:catchment
357:Thol Lake
335:Ahmedabad
309:deciduous
249:Thol Lake
129:Lake type
60:Thol Lake
22:Thol Lake
1129:Surinsar
833:17 April
801:17 April
779:17 April
757:17 April
664:bluebull
569:mallards
500:Capparis
472:Zizyphus
370:Features
74:Location
1506:Tripura
1296:Mizoram
1278:Manipur
1207:Tso Kar
1055:Haryana
1022:Gujarat
658:Mammals
622:), and
530:monsoon
505:drought
435:habitat
416:Gujarat
412:Mehsana
349:History
339:Mehsana
324:monsoon
275:. Many
265:Gujarat
83:Gujarat
1357:Punjab
1314:Odisha
1194:Ladakh
1166:Kerala
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420:taluka
320:summer
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199:Frozen
134:Lentic
986:Bihar
968:Assam
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573:geese
516:Birds
511:Fauna
491:sp.,
487:sp.,
484:Ficus
445:Flora
331:Kalol
261:state
156:India
151:Basin
79:Kalol
886:ISBN
835:2015
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718:2021
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