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148:Bird species
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649:vertebrates
394:rain shadow
323:Maharashtra
249: /
225:Coordinates
206:Maharashtra
79:Indomalayan
1656:Categories
1413:Temperate
1387:Coniferous
1180:. Resolve.
1093:BioScience
1056:References
673:chousingha
665:sloth bear
580:asna trees
576:Terminalia
470:Schefflera
445:Anogeissus
434:Buchanania
418:Terminalia
1339:broadleaf
1239:broadleaf
1113:0006-3568
906:Telangana
690:The only
677:blackbuck
640:Tiger in
461:jackfruit
331:Telangana
315:Jharkhand
299:ecoregion
277:Protected
216:Telangana
196:Jharkhand
156:Geography
1614:Mangrove
1478:Savannas
1131:28608869
1033:See also
681:chinkara
467:such as
452:and the
430:Syzygium
361:valley.
333:states.
1564:Flooded
1550:Western
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1519:Central
1504:Montane
1459:Western
1454:Eastern
1436:Western
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1415:Forests
1229:Forests
1122:5451287
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508:), and
485:), and
366:monsoon
337:Setting
294:, is a
237:80°30′E
234:19°12′N
169:Country
97:Borders
68:Ecology
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465:lianas
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211:Odisha
179:States
661:dhole
632:Fauna
426:Toona
422:Adina
404:Flora
303:India
280:3.97%
173:India
86:Biome
74:Realm
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1127:PMID
1109:ISSN
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