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destroyed
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2380:Gulf of Aden
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2327:Thracian Sea
2312:Sea of Crete
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2297:Sargasso Sea
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2147:Bay of Fundy
2122:Balearic Sea
2087:Adriatic Sea
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1991:Arctic Ocean
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1737:Sabaragamuwa
1658:Subdivisions
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1493:Indian Plate
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1269:Pulicat Lake
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2568:Molucca Sea
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2488:Celebes Sea
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2097:Alboran Sea
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2014:Chukchi Sea
2004:Barents Sea
1981:Weddell Sea
1951:Lazarev Sea
1764:Environment
1691:Settlements
1648:Palk Strait
1325:Palk Strait
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1249:Nizam Sagar
1234:Borith Lake
1204:Indus Delta
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642:Andaman Sea
611:Rama's Setu
525:Talaimannar
478:Dhanushkodi
400:are mostly
383:Company Raj
375:Robert Palk
306:Palk Strait
212:Robert Palk
183: /
158:Coordinates
116:Palk Strait
35:Palk Strait
2756:Categories
2707:Superocean
2681:Salton Sea
2648:Yellow Sea
2638:Tasman Sea
2583:Salish Sea
2463:Bering Sea
2370:Flores Sea
2337:Wadden Sea
2267:Libyan Sea
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2232:Hudson Bay
2177:Foxe Basin
2167:Celtic Sea
2127:Baltic Sea
2117:Baffin Bay
2092:Aegean Sea
2064:Wandel Sea
2039:Laptev Sea
1971:Scotia Sea
1956:Mawson Sea
1789:ecoregions
1602:Waterfalls
1334:Categories
1259:Malampuzha
1244:Gosaikunda
1229:Lake Powai
1033:Bhagirathi
856:Land's end
787:"Ram Setu"
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621:See also:
617:Fixed link
575:Hindu text
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336:Tamil Nadu
257:Min. width
249:Max. width
135:Bathymetry
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2573:Moro Gulf
2498:Coral Sea
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2473:Bohai Sea
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2430:Timor Sea
2287:North Sea
2252:James Bay
2242:Irish Sea
2152:Black Sea
2069:White Sea
1976:Somov Sea
1936:Davis Sea
1671:Districts
1666:Provinces
1587:Mountains
1560:Landforms
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1368:Sri Lanka
1357:Sri Lanka
1148:Sarasvati
1118:Mahananda
948:9 January
843:0033-5894
747:203096484
739:0029-8018
593:from the
432:close to
410:sea waves
359:Sri Lanka
298:Sri Lanka
239:Sri Lanka
208:Etymology
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2740:Category
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2666:Aral Sea
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2558:Koro Sea
2553:Java Sea
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2034:Kara Sea
1966:Ross Sea
1838:wildlife
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1468:Wet Zone
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1391:Pakistan
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1320:Palk Bay
1209:Dal Lake
1123:Mahaweli
1113:Mahanadi
1073:Ghaghara
1058:Godavari
921:25 April
631:See also
571:Sanskrit
566:Ramayana
513:Holocene
455:Palk Bay
434:Ram Setu
430:Palk Bay
422:Palk Bay
406:Palk Bay
385:period.
367:Palk Bay
345:and the
143:Location
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1577:Lagoons
1572:Islands
1567:Beaches
1531:Highest
1485:Geology
1453:Climate
1445:Climate
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1153:Sankosh
1133:Narmada
1103:Krishna
1063:Gandaki
1053:Damodar
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1018:Bagmati
878:20 July
583:vanaras
533:cyclone
529:Colombo
519:History
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294:Islands
171:79°45′E
168:10°00′N
2690:Others
1896:oceans
1699:Cities
1592:Rivers
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1178:Yamuna
1168:Sutlej
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1128:Meghna
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1083:Jhelum
1068:Ganges
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1843:fauna
1704:Towns
1633:India
1582:Lakes
1541:South
1536:North
1387:Nepal
1383:India
1349:Nepal
1345:India
1173:Tapti
1138:Padma
1078:Indus
1028:Betwa
743:S2CID
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587:Lanka
459:chain
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235:India
229:Basin
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1498:Gems
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1023:Beas
950:2019
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