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Backwaters of Kottayam

  • September 14, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Geography

Context:

Tourism authorities filming pink blooms in backwater villages to ensure people around the world connected to the destinations.

Concept:

  • The backwaters in the Malabar Coast are called
  • Backwaters are the shallow lagoons or inlets of the sea, lying parallel to the coastline.
  • The backwaters have a unique ecosystem: freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea.
  • The kayals are formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
  • Kayals have facilitated the functioning of the National Waterway 3 from Kollam to Kottapuram, and runs almost parallel to the coastline of southern Kerala facilitating both tourism and cargo movement.
Backwaters of Kottayam Geography

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