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638:vertebrates
383:rain shadow
312:Maharashtra
238: /
214:Coordinates
195:Maharashtra
68:Indomalayan
1645:Categories
1402:Temperate
1376:Coniferous
1169:. Resolve.
1082:BioScience
1045:References
662:chousingha
654:sloth bear
569:asna trees
565:Terminalia
459:Schefflera
434:Anogeissus
423:Buchanania
407:Terminalia
1328:broadleaf
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1102:0006-3568
895:Telangana
679:The only
666:blackbuck
629:Tiger in
450:jackfruit
320:Telangana
304:Jharkhand
288:ecoregion
266:Protected
205:Telangana
185:Jharkhand
145:Geography
1603:Mangrove
1467:Savannas
1120:28608869
1022:See also
670:chinkara
456:such as
441:and the
419:Syzygium
350:valley.
322:states.
1553:Flooded
1539:Western
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1508:Central
1493:Montane
1448:Western
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1425:Western
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1218:Forests
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226:80°30′E
223:19°12′N
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168:States
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393:Flora
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