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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/rivers-and-lakes/deepor-beels-shrinking-silence-can-assam-balance-development-and-ecological-survival</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ <div class="paragraphs"><p><sub>The Saraighat Express crosses a railway bridge over Deepor Beel, illustrating the close intersection of transport infrastructure and the wetland ecosystem. (Image: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury/Wikimedia Commons/CCBY2.0)</sub></p></div>]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ <div class="paragraphs"><p><sub>The tranquil waters of Deepor Beel form an ecological refuge amid the rapidly urbanising landscape of Guwahati. (Image: Renzut/Wikimedia Commons/CCBY-SA 4.0)</sub></p><p><br></p></div>]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ <div class="paragraphs"><p><sub>Deepor Beel, a Ramsar-listed wetland on the southwestern edge of Guwahati, remains an important ecological landscape amid rapid urbanisation. (Image: Hirakjyoti Bayan/ Wikimedia Commons/ </sub><ins><sub><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CCBY-SA 4.0</a></sub></ins><em><sub>)</sub></em></p></div>]]></image:caption>
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