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Coconut palms, toddy trees, areca nut palms, Little Grebes or Dabchicks, Kerala backwaters, cormorants drying their wings, canals and other peaceful and idyllic imagery from the inland waterways of Kerala state in India. The mystical land of Kerala, also known as 'GOD'S OWN COUNTRY' lies between the Lakshadweep sea and the Western Ghats. It has the humid equatorial tropic climate. The eastern Kerala province consists of high mountains, gorges and deep-cut valleys directly to the west of the Western Ghats' rain shadow. The highest peak is Anamudi at an elevated at 2,695 meters. At the west of the mountains lie the midland plains comprising central Kerala, dominated by rolling hills and valleys. Kerala's western coastal belt is somewhat flat, and is criss-crossed by a network of interconnect