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Official name | Choghakhor Wetland |
Designated | 3 March 2010 |
Reference no. | 1939 [1] |
Choghakhor Wetland is a wetland in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran, considered to be one of the most important sites in Iran for the endemic Zagros pupfish, Aphanius vladykovi . [1]
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