KERALA

KERALA

• AREA  - 38863 square kilometre

• Length of Kerala coast - 580 km

• Neighboring States - Tamilnadu And Karnataka

• Districts without coastal area - Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Wayand & Pathanamthitta

• District with largest coastal area - Kannur

• District with least coastal area - Kollam

• Highest peak - Anamudi (2695 m)

• The Granary of Kerala - Kuttanad

• Average rain fall - 3107 mm

Highest rainfall

•                                               Place - Neriamangalam (Ernakulam Dist)

•                                           District - kozhikode

Least rain fall

•  Place - Chinnar (Idukki Dist)

• District - Thiruvananthapuram

• Chirapunji of Kerala - Lakkidi (Wayanad)

• Hottest District - Palakkad

• Hottest Place - Punalur

• Kalavarsham - South - west Monsoon

• Thulavarsham -North - East Monsoon

• Largest Lake - Vembanadu Lake

• Second Largest Lake - Ashtamudi Kayal

• Largest fresh Water Lake - Sasthamcotta Lake (Kollam)

• Southern most lake - Veli lake (Thiruvananthapuram)

• Northern most lake - Uppala Lake (Kasaragod)

• Smallest Lake - Pookkottu lake(Wayanad)

• Limnology - Study about lakes

• Ithareyaranyakam  is the oldest book which have mentions about Kerala.