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Malabar's western coastal belt is relatively flat compared to the eastern region, [19]: 33 and is criss-crossed by a network of interconnected brackish canals, lakes, estuaries, [22] and rivers known as the Kerala Backwaters. [23] The Kuttanad region, also known as The Rice Bowl of Kerala, has the lowest altitude in India.
Malabar District, also known as British Malabar or simply Malabar [1] [2] was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency (1792–1800), [3] Madras Presidency (1800–1950) and finally, Madras State (1950–1956) in India.
North Malabar refers to the geographic area of southwest India covering the state of Kerala's present day Kasaragod and Kannur districts, Mananthavady taluk of Wayanad district, and the taluks of Vatakara and Koyilandy in the Kozhikode District of Kerala and the entire Mahé Sub-Division of the Union Territory of Puducherry.
The North Malabar region, which is culturally distinct from the rest of Kerala, entirely lies in the districts of Northern Kerala. [4] North Malabar region includes Kasargod, Kannur, Wayanad, and the northern region of Kozhikode district, south Malabar region includes south-central part of Kozhikode district, Malappuram, parts except Chittoor ...
Kerala (English: / ˈ k ɛr ə l ə / ⓘ / KERR-ə-lə; Malayalam: [keːɾɐɭɐm] ⓘ), is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. [16] It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Travancore.
Kozhikode (pronounced [koːɻikːoːɖɨ̆] ⓘ), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, [1] Kozhikode is listed among the UNESCO's Cities of Literature.
South Malabar refers to a geographical area of the southwestern coast of India covering some parts of the present-day Kerala state. South Malabar covers the regions included in present-day Kozhikode and Thamarassery taluk of Kozhikode district, Wayanad district excluding Mananthavady taluk, the whole area of Malappuram district, Chavakkad taluk of Thrissur district, and Palakkad district ...
Malabar (train), a train service in Indonesia; List of ships named Malabar; HMS Malabar, the name of several ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy; SS Malabar, the name of a number of steamships; USS Malabar (AF-37), a US Navy World War II stores ship; Malabar (naval exercise), a multilateral naval exercise