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1799:Afromontane
1761:Niger Delta
1756:Niger Basin
1749:Dahomey Gap
1704:Cape Palmas
1699:Ivory Coast
1694:Slave Coast
1547:Upper Egypt
1517:Lower Nubia
1512:Lower Egypt
1487:Nile Valley
1221:Congo Basin
1216:Pool Malebo
999:2268/294749
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806:Shire River
792:Shire River
788:Lake Malawi
762:River Congo
758:Congo River
750:Lake Baikal
730:Lake Edward
724:Lake Albert
673:Poeciliidae
665:Claroteidae
583:Lake Natron
571:Lake Makati
533:Lake Nakuru
516:Lake Magadi
511:Lake Suguta
503:Lake Logipi
468:crustaceans
440:Lake Natron
248:Lake Malawi
129: /
104:Coordinates
98:East Africa
1941:Categories
1804:Arab world
1778:Yorubaland
1689:Gold Coast
1614:Maputaland
1604:Nama Karoo
1594:Thembuland
1542:The Sudans
1527:Nile Delta
1492:Nile Delta
1408:Madagascar
1226:Chad Basin
1194:Cape Lopez
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825:Lake Mweru
782:Lake Rukwa
685:Cyprinidae
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413:March 2016
348:Lake Awasa
324:Lake Shala
312:Lake Chamo
306:Lake Abaya
237:Global 200
211:ecoregions
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1794:Aethiopia
1664:False Bay
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355:Lake Tana
318:Lake Zway
213:of great
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243:Geology
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117:36°20′E
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