Kerala is known for its lush greenery and world famous backwaters,it has been rated as one of the must see 50 destinations by National Geographic.The backwaters in Kerala are a network of canals,rivers and lakes which are interconnected,un the middle of beautiful landscape of the backwaters,there are a number of towns and cities which serves as the starting and ending point of world famous backwater cruises.The backwaters are also famous for Snake boat races with Nehru Boat Race being the most popular of all.Some of the prominent backwaters in Kerala are Kollam, Alappuzha ,Kuttanad,Kumarakom and Kasargod along with Thiruvallam.Numerous award winning novels such as “God of Small Things”by Arundhati Roy and “Chemmeen” by Thakazhi Siva Sankara Pillai are based on the mystic backwaters of Kerala or have been inspired by them.The most significant tourist attractions in backwaters are the Kettuvallams.The Kettuvallams were traditionally used as grain barges to transport the rice harvested in the fertile fields along with the backwaters,nowadays they have restructured to accommodate tourists and are in great demand.Backwaters in Kerala are a chain of brackish lagoons,lakes and other water bodies lying parallel to Arabian sea.The backwaters were formed by the work and action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of many rivers which flows down from Western Ghats.It has got a very significant economic as well as ecological importance, some parts of Kerala backwaters or the wetlands have been declared as an ecosystem of international importance for conservation purpose,the backwaters are also a source of rich marine life with many rare and unique species of aquatic life such as crabs, frogs, mudskippers and varieties of water birds such as terns, kingfishers etc thieving in these backwaters making it an important centre for ecological preservation,they even also have an economic importanc.They form an economical mode of transport and a large amount of local trade and transportation is carried out by inland navigation. Fishing along with coir making and fish curing are also important industries.
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