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Phot.India.Kerala.Backwaters.Herons.01.080410.0196.jpg
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters.
A Herons Lunch party at the patty fields.
The great white heron/egret are herons that have white or beige plumage, developing typically milky white, fine plumes during breeding season. The difference between a heron & an egret is rather nebulous, depending more on appearance than ecology. The word "egret" comes from the French word "aigrette" meaning both "silver heron" & "brush", referring to the long, filamentous feathers that seem to cascade down an egret's back during the breeding season.
Distributed across in most regions of the world with tropical & warmer climate, building tree-nests in colonies close to water.
📌….unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
The Paddy fields in the Kerala area are below sea level. Bunds around the rice fields keep out overflowing water into the fields.
A Thannermukkom Salt Water Barrier, preventing salt water from the sea is entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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Phot.India.Kerala.Backwaters.Herons.01.080410.0196.jpg
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters.
A Herons Lunch party at the patty fields.
The great white heron/egret are herons that have white or beige plumage, developing typically milky white, fine plumes during breeding season. The difference between a heron & an egret is rather nebulous, depending more on appearance than ecology. The word "egret" comes from the French word "aigrette" meaning both "silver heron" & "brush", referring to the long, filamentous feathers that seem to cascade down an egret's back during the breeding season.
Distributed across in most regions of the world with tropical & warmer climate, building tree-nests in colonies close to water.
📌….unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
The Paddy fields in the Kerala area are below sea level. Bunds around the rice fields keep out overflowing water into the fields.
A Thannermukkom Salt Water Barrier, preventing salt water from the sea is entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
17 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments