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848:Deepor Beel
579:27 December
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262:Ramsar site
158:Max. length
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1501:Categories
1295:Tamil Nadu
1135:Lonar Lake
1010:Wular Lake
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884:Nanda Lake
764:Literature
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361:tragacanth
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211:Designated
166:Max. width
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474:Soda lake
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528:12 April
468:See also
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242:Tsho kar
69:Location
1378:Tripura
1168:Mizoram
1150:Manipur
1079:Tso Kar
927:Haryana
894:Gujarat
458:Pangong
313:Changpa
238:Tso Kar
93:77°59′E
90:33°18′N
1229:Punjab
1186:Odisha
1066:Ladakh
1038:Kerala
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433:Access
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357:steppe
323:rare.
254:Ladakh
250:Rupshu
858:Bihar
840:Assam
412:foxes
400:kiang
388:terns
349:Sedge
337:kiang
335:Wild
317:Tibet
258:India
774:ISBN
741:2012
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631:2012
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