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Sheki
Mingechevir
NagornoKarabakh
Potential inundation area due to sea levele rise
Lachin
Glaciers melting
Nakhchivan
AZ
Depopulation due to increase natural disasters Spread of malaria Sources: Second National Communications of Armenia-2010, Azerbaijan-2010 and Georgia-2009; MEP-Armenia; MEP-Azerbaijan; MEP-Georgia; WHO-Europe.
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Lake Sevan
Yerevan
Land degradation and desertification
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