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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks alcontinue="Calibrate_water_temperature|303" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <alllinks>
      <l ns="0" title="Basic Task States" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bip" />
      <l ns="0" title="C" />
      <l ns="0" title="C++" />
      <l ns="0" title="Calibrate dissolved oxygen" />
      <l ns="0" title="Calibrate lake model" />
      <l ns="0" title="Calibrate the GLM lake model for North Temperate Lakes" />
      <l ns="0" title="Calibrate the PIHM catchment model for North Temperate Lakes" />
      <l ns="0" title="Calibrate the coupled lake-catchment model" />
      <l ns="0" title="Calibrate water level" />
    </alllinks>
  </query>
</api>