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References
- ↑ "שמורת עין נמפית". kotar.co.il. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
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