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The Land Kerala is a small state tucked away in the southern most corner of India. The area of Kerala is 38,864 km, which is 1.03 pc of India's total area. It represents 3.43 pc of the total population of the country.Kerala can be divided into three geographical regions: highlands, midlands, and lowlands. The forests, thick with a wide variety of flora and fauna form about 27.45 of the whole area of Kerala. Spices, sandalwood, oilseeds, tea coffee rubber etc are extensively cultivated in the mountainous areas. Even today these hill products bring considerable foreign exchange to the country. |
The midland has fertile reddish hills and valleys growing a wide variety of cultivated vegetation- tapioca, banana coconut, arecanut, mango, plantain, pepper, ginger, paddy and others.The sandy coastal region is picturesque with extensive coconut grooves, paddy fields backwaters and sea. Kerala has a large number of backwaters in close link with sea. The Vembanadu Lake is the largest with about 207 sq km in area .The Sastamkotta Lake is an extensive fresh water lake.tate.
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