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Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Bengal (Exotic, originally from Jamaica) It takes a good polish and is easily worked. It is durable under water. It is most commonly used for furniture, pattern making and cabinet work. Mango: Mangifera spp Deep gray 560–720 kg/m 3: 940–1,210 lb/cu yd [11] Throughout India
Boundary mapping has revealed that the total area of Myristica swamps in Kerala is about 1.5 km2 which hardly make up 0.004% of the total land area of Kerala (38,864 km2) and 0.014% of the total forest area of Kerala (11,126 km2). The swamps in Karnataka are located at about 300m altitude, the swamps in Kerala are at an altitude of 200m.
The Aruvikkara Dam was built to provide a supply of piped water to the city. The Trivandrum Water Works was founded in 1933 and named after Lord Willingdon, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India; the company has been responsible for supply and distribution of water from the Karamana River ever since. [9]
Vegetation types. Eastern Kerala's windward mountains shelter tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests which are generally characteristic of the wider Western Ghats: crowns of giant sonokeling (binomial nomenclature: Dalbergia latifolia — Indian rosewood), anjili (Artocarpus hirsuta), mullumurikku (Erythrina), Cassia, and other trees dominate the canopies of large tracts of virgin forest.
Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KIIDC) is a wholly owned company of the Government of Kerala formed for the promotion and development of medium and large scale irrigation and water supply projects units in the State. It is the nodal agency for foreign and domestic investments in the irrigation sector in Kerala,
The Karamana river basin supports a range of plants that are typical of the tropics. These include the wild cane, bamboo, mangroves, water lilies and coconut trees. The screw pine or pandanus is another common species along the river's banks. The Cerbera odollam, called Othalam in Malayalam, is found along the lower reaches of the river. [8]
English: The Kerala backwaters are a network of lagoons, lakes, interconnected canals and rivers, lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala in southern India. There are many unique species of aquatic life, water birds, animals, palm trees, shrubs, various leafy plants and bushes alongside the backwaters. Kerala backwaters, South India.
Kerala Irrigation Department 26.52 32. Peppara Dam: Karamana River 5.82 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Water Authority: 33. Malankara Dam: Muvattupuzha River 11.00 Idukki Kerala Irrigation Department 1994 42.00 34. Chimmony Dam: Kurumali River 8.5067 Thrissur Kerala Irrigation Department 40.00