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Two wooden dugout canoes rest on the sandy shore of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, with blue water and distant hills in the background.

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Illustration showing five basic types of boats: a rowboat with oars, a sailboat with a large sail, a simple wooden raft, a motorboat with an engine, and a canoe with a paddle.

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