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- ↑ "Threatened Lake of the Year 2005: Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tansania and Uganda". Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ↑ "Threatened Lake of the Year 2006: Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan and Palestine". Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
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