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168:Established
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123:Coordinates
1415:Categories
1380:Tetra Cave
1086:Bugdasheni
1058:Vashlovani
977:Vashlovani
952:Machakhela
488:References
455:After the
450:zapovednik
440:After the
396:Bronze Age
342:brown bear
210:Azerbaijan
135:46°20′00″E
132:41°54′00″N
1141:Lagodekhi
1121:Khanchali
1116:Katsoburi
1111:Kartsakhi
1096:Gardabani
1023:Lagodekhi
1013:Kintrishi
993:Babaneuri
942:Kintrishi
932:Javakheti
638:1407-8953
407:Lagodekhi
338:grey wolf
314:Black Sea
310:temperate
280:) to the
222:ecoregion
1225:Birtvisi
1156:Sataplia
1146:Madatapa
1126:Kobuleti
1091:Chachuna
1048:Sataplia
1018:Kobuleti
947:Kolkheti
838:Archived
821:, News,
815:Archived
766:Archived
715:Archived
679:Archived
660:Archived
622:Archived
602:Archived
580:Archived
525:Archived
504:Archived
476:See also
446:poaching
416:Signakhi
330:red deer
214:Dagestan
206:Caucasus
105:Location
1182:Tusheti
1166:Tetrobi
1076:Ajameti
1053:Tusheti
1028:Liakhvi
1008:Borjomi
998:Batsara
972:Tusheti
967:Tbilisi
957:Mtirala
937:Kazbegi
687:Kakheti
425:and by
371:History
365:raccoon
326:chamois
194:Georgia
190:Kakheti
188:in the
117:Georgia
1151:Nedzvi
1131:Korugi
922:Algeti
780:
636:
571:
411:Tiflis
254:gorges
114:
1161:Sulda
1043:Ritsa
772:, in
435:Tartu
433:(now
290:maple
1106:Iori
1101:Ilto
823:IUCN
778:ISBN
634:ISSN
569:ISBN
363:The
356:and
328:and
304:and
212:and
200:and
171:1912
160:Area
1081:Asa
721:,
1417::
694:^
685:,
645:^
628:,
591:^
575:,
556:^
546:.
444:,
352:,
348:,
340:,
336:,
300:,
296:,
228:.
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891:t
884:v
586:.
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