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About Kerala
Kerala is a land of rivers and backwaters. Forty-four rivers (41 west-flowing
and 3 east-flowing} criss-cross the state physique along with countless
runlets. During summer, these monsoon-fed rivers will turn into rivulets
especially in the upper parts of Kerala. Backwaters are an attractive,
economically valuable feature of Kerala.
These include lakes and ocean in lets which stretch irregularly along
the Kerala coast. The biggest among these backwaters is the Vembanad lake,
with an area of 200 sq km, which opens out into the Arabian Sea at Cochin
port.
The Periyar, Pamba, Manimala, Achenkovil, Meenachil and Moovattupuzha
rivers drain into this lake.The other important backwaters are Veli, Kadhinam
kulam, Anjengo (Anju Thengu),Edava, Nadayara, Paravoor.
Ashtamudi (Quilon) Flora: Kerala has over 25% of India's 15,000 plant
species. Among them include endangered and rare species, flowering plants,
fungies, lichens and mosses. The state's forest wealth include tropical
wet evergreen, semi-green and tropical most deciduous.
Teak, Mahagoney, Rosewood and Sandalwood are common, the forests abound
with orchids, anthirium, balsam, and medicinal plants. banyan figs, bamboo
as well as 40,000 years old grasslands.
Mangroves are seen in coastal areas and low, morass lands. So fertile
is the state, thanks to rivers and dams that are replenished by copious
rain in Western Ghats. Kerala, India's most advanced society : A hundred
percent literate people.
World-class health care systems. India's lowest infant mortality and
highest life expectancy rates. The highest physical quality of life
in India. Peaceful and pristine, Kerala is also India's cleanest State.
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