At sunset over the palm trees along the banks of the picturesque and peaceful Manimala river in the backwaters of Kerala in south

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At sunset over the palm trees along the banks of the picturesque and peaceful Manimala river in the backwaters of Kerala in southwest India. The river has been polluted by chemical residues from the increasing use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides by farmers to raise productivity were being washed down into the river basin in the monsoon period.

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Location: Kerala backwaters Kerala, India
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: backwaters, coconut, india, indian, keala, kerala, manimala, palm, river, sunset, tourism, travel, tree, trees, tropical