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Dhanushkodi and the railway and caused severe damage along the shores of Palk Strait and Palk Bay. Dhanushkodi was not rebuilt and the railway from Talaimannar to Mahawilachchiya in Sri Lanka was given up due to the civil war (It was later completely rebuilt). At least into the 1970s there
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George, victor; Kumar, V. Sanil (October 2019). "Wind-wave measurements and modelling in the shallow semi-enclosed Palk Bay".
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2316:Thracian Sea
2301:Sea of Crete
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2111:Balearic Sea
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2557:Molucca Sea
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2296:Sea of Azov
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2003:Chukchi Sea
1993:Barents Sea
1970:Weddell Sea
1940:Lazarev Sea
1753:Environment
1680:Settlements
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1314:Palk Strait
1279:Arabian Sea
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372:Company Raj
364:Robert Palk
295:Palk Strait
201:Robert Palk
172: /
147:Coordinates
105:Palk Strait
24:Palk Strait
2745:Categories
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2637:Yellow Sea
2627:Tasman Sea
2572:Salish Sea
2452:Bering Sea
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2081:Aegean Sea
2053:Wandel Sea
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1960:Scotia Sea
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1778:ecoregions
1591:Waterfalls
1323:Categories
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1233:Gosaikunda
1218:Lake Powai
1022:Bhagirathi
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606:Fixed link
564:Hindu text
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238:Max. width
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2276:North Sea
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2231:Irish Sea
2141:Black Sea
2058:White Sea
1965:Somov Sea
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1660:Districts
1655:Provinces
1576:Mountains
1549:Landforms
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1357:Sri Lanka
1346:Sri Lanka
1137:Sarasvati
1107:Mahananda
937:9 January
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228:Sri Lanka
197:Etymology
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2542:Java Sea
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1457:Wet Zone
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1380:Pakistan
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1198:Dal Lake
1112:Mahaweli
1102:Mahanadi
1062:Ghaghara
1047:Godavari
910:25 April
620:See also
560:Sanskrit
555:Ramayana
502:Holocene
444:Palk Bay
423:Ram Setu
419:Palk Bay
411:Palk Bay
395:Palk Bay
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356:Palk Bay
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132:Location
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1571:Lakes
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1127:Padma
1067:Indus
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