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- 1 2 "Maliolio River," Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ↑ "Construction of the new access road and bridge crossing of Mali’oli’o River, Samalaeulu, Savaii," Samoa Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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