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| Qatar |
a Middle Eastern country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
an island country in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Gabon in western Africa. |
| seiche |
a prolonged oscillating wave in a lake, bay, or gulf caused by changes in atmospheric pressure or seismic disturbances such as earthquakes. |
| Tigris River |
a river that begins in eastern Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq. In southeastern Iraq, the river joins the Euphrates River and eventually empties into the Persian Gulf. |
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