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Phot.India.Kerala.Backwaters.Bamboo.01.080410.0195.jpg
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters, “The big Bamboo”
Bamboo forests play a key role in combating the threat of global warming, converting around 35% more CO2 into oxygen than a hectare of the same sized ordinary trees, also are they providing a home to many species that are at risk of losing their habitat to deforestation.
Bamboo is a grass & grows indefinitely, the fastest growing bamboo grows up to 91 cm per day; giant bamboo grows up to 30 m in just 6 months.
In bamboo, as in other grasses, the intern odal regions of the stem are usually hollow & the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement.
Bamboo is versatile, it has notable economic & cultural significance in Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, as a raw product & depicted often in arts, such as in bamboo paintings etc.. Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber.
📌….Kerala’s rich, fertile unique backwaters, 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.
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.
Numerous unique aquatic species including mudskippers, crabs, frogs, water birds such as kingfishers, darters, terns, darters & cormorants, animals like otters & turtles live in the backwaters area. Palm trees, pandanus bushes & other leafy plants grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green shade to the surrounding landscape.
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.
In the middle of this landscape there are a number of towns & cities, which serve as the starting & end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters are one of the noticeable tourist attractions in Kerala.
👉 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.Bamboo.01.080410.0195.jpg
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters, “The big Bamboo”
Bamboo forests play a key role in combating the threat of global warming, converting around 35% more CO2 into oxygen than a hectare of the same sized ordinary trees, also are they providing a home to many species that are at risk of losing their habitat to deforestation.
Bamboo is a grass & grows indefinitely, the fastest growing bamboo grows up to 91 cm per day; giant bamboo grows up to 30 m in just 6 months.
In bamboo, as in other grasses, the intern odal regions of the stem are usually hollow & the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement.
Bamboo is versatile, it has notable economic & cultural significance in Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, as a raw product & depicted often in arts, such as in bamboo paintings etc.. Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber.
📌….Kerala’s rich, fertile unique backwaters, 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.
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.
Numerous unique aquatic species including mudskippers, crabs, frogs, water birds such as kingfishers, darters, terns, darters & cormorants, animals like otters & turtles live in the backwaters area. Palm trees, pandanus bushes & other leafy plants grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green shade to the surrounding landscape.
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.
In the middle of this landscape there are a number of towns & cities, which serve as the starting & end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters are one of the noticeable tourist attractions in Kerala.
👉 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