Kerala (State)

Japanese: ケーララ[州]（英語表記）Kerala

A state in the southwest of India. Also known as the Malabar region. Area 39,000 km2. Population 29.1 million, population density 749/km2 (1991) is the second largest after West Bengal. The state capital is Trivandrum. From west to east, the topography is (1) coastal sand dunes, (2) lagoons and back marshes, (3) alluvial plains, (4) low lateritized hills, and (5) the steep western slopes of the Western Ghats. The southwest monsoon blows in for five months from the end of May, bringing an annual rainfall of more than 3,000 mm.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド南西端の州。マラバル地方ともいう。面積3万9000km2。人口2910万人，人口密度749人/km2(1991)は西ベンガル州に次いで第2位。州都はトリバンドラム。地形は西から，(1)海岸砂丘列，(2)潟湖･後背湿地，(3)沖積平野，(4)ラテライト化した低い丘陵，(5)西ガーツ山脈の急峻な西斜面と並ぶ。5月末から5ヵ月間にわたって南西モンスーンが吹きつけ，3000mm以上の年降水量をもたらす。

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