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429:Ramsar site
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1347:29 October
1276:29 October
1223:References
583:Convective
522:Amédée III
449:meromictic
390:department
352:; English
315:Designated
224:Max. depth
200:Max. width
1309:CiteSeerX
372:Lac d'Aix
368:Grey Lake
1431:Archived
1339:The Lake
1249:25 April
1203:1,870.2
1068:(48.07)
999:Average
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689:(101.8)
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458:and the
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358:Lac Gris
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84:Location
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