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1180:Pisgah View
1125:Lake Norman
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350:also offer
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285:mud sunfish
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1765:Categories
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1488:Headwaters
1362:Deep River
1339:White Lake
1314:Jones Lake
1266:Lea Island
1228:Falls Lake
1185:Raven Rock
1140:Mayo River
1120:Lake James
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358:References
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246:turpentine
219:Quaternary
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