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  2. International Year of Soil - Wikipedia

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    The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History celebrated World Soil Day 2019 with hands-on activities, and a panel discussion by soil scientists and local farmers. [ 9 ] TreeHugger commemorated World Soil Day 2019 with a feature article explaining how soil is "the foundation of ... of green building , the plants that make the materials ...

  3. Major soil deposits of India - Wikipedia

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    Also known as regur soil, black soil is ideal for growing cotton and is known as black cotton soil. They are rich in soil nutrients, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium, potash and lime. These soils are generally poor in phosphoric contents. [1] The black soils are made up of clayey soil, well known for their capacity to hold moisture.

  4. List of environmental dates - Wikipedia

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    World Hippopotamus Day [15] February 15 International Polar Bear Day: February 27 World Wildlife Day: March 3 International Day of Action for Rivers: March 14 World Consumer Rights Day: March 15 Buzzards Day [16] [17] March 15 Digital Cleanup Day [18] March 15 2025 National Panda Day [19] [20] [21] March 16 Global Recycling Day [22] March 18 ...

  5. Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Wetlands - Wikipedia

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    Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Wetlands (Malayalam: തൃശൂർ-പൊന്നാനി കോൾ പാടങ്ങൾ) is a wetland lying in Thrissur and Malappuram districts in Kerala, India. It gives 40 per cent of the Kerala ’s rice requirement and acts as a natural drainage system for Ponnani city, Thrissur city, Thrissur District , and ...

  6. Coconut production in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Kerala or Keralam (as it is known in the region's Malayalam language) are called ‘alam’ meaning ‘the land of’, and ‘kera’ meaning ‘coconut’. Jammed between the sea and coastal mountains, Kerala is subject to the monsoon rains that flood the land and the rice paddies on the subcontinent’s southern tip.

  7. Angadipuram Laterite - Wikipedia

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    Angadippuram Laterite is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument [1] [2] [3] in Angadippuram town in Malappuram district in the southern Indian state of Kerala, India.The special significance of Angadippuram to laterites is that it was here that Dr. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, a professional surgeon, gave the first account of this rock type, in his report of 1807, as "indurated clay", ideally ...

  8. District Agricultural Farm, Taliparamba - Wikipedia

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    The farm produces over 62 varieties of mango. With a collection of varieties from all over India, the farm has produced four hybrid varieties of mango namely, H 45, H 56, H 87 and H 151. The farm participates at fruit and vegetable exhibitions conducted in Kannur and the neighboring districts of Kasargod and Kozhikkode. Benganappally, Alampur ...

  9. Varthamanappusthakam - Wikipedia

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    It gives the history of a journey undertaken by the author along with Mar Joseph Kariattil from Malabar Coast (modern day Kerala) to Rome via Lisbon and back. [6] [7] The manuscript of the book is kept at the St Thomas Christian Museum in Kochi. [8] [9] [4] The history of travelogues in Malayalam is short but exciting and absorbing.