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519:References
247:波万洛什维科夫斯基峰
222:Aksu River
57:Tajikistan
1303:Hong Kong
758:The Hindu
361:From the
300:Silk Road
199:Geography
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119:UTC+08:00
115:time zone
53:watershed
1294:Internal
1269:Pakistan
1249:Mongolia
1138:Pakistan
1048:Archived
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450:See also
187:to open
174:Xinjiang
160:and the
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45:Pakistan
41:tripoint
1284:Vietnam
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