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In the hills many travellers like to do camping

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 2 Nov

In the himachal pradesh and kashmir, in the Himalaya mountains many travellers like to do camping. There are a lot of hilly rivers across the valley. Travellers love to stay in the tents to hear the sound of the hilly rivers and...

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Some of the lakes in the plain areas are wonderful.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 25 Oct

Sukhna lake in Chandigarh is a wonderful lake. These lakes are extensions of rivers and water bodies. They maintain ecological balance. Many people do boating in these lakes as in autumn it is...

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It is strange that there is river on one side there is one country on the other side another

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 17 Sep

Bhutan and India share many hilly rivers. On one side of the hilly river there is Bhutan. On the other side there is India. The hills are somewhat similar. In Bhutan there are more heights and all vegetation is done in terraces....

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Today I had gurjali fish curry and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 2 Mar 25

Gurjali is a sea fish available in Bay of Bengal and also rivers of the state. It has one bone. There are very few scales, It is very tasty fish cooked with potatoes. We have it with rice and also can be eaten with chapatis.

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Near the sea and river meeting point the fish bheries are created

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 22 Dec 24

In the eastern part the rivers meet the sea waters in a point called mohona. There are many fish bheries created there. The fish bheries look like lakes where the fishes are given the food which gives them...

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The ponds and rivers in villages ensure there is water for cultivation

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 4 Nov 24

Bengal has many water bodies. While the big water bodies include the rivers they are many in number. In the villages there are small ponds and lakes whereby the agricultural land gets the water required for cultivation. Rice and...

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Today I had Katla fish curry and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 6 Aug 23

Today I had Katla fish curry and rice. Katla is one of the carps. It is a big fish. But it is a river fish. It is found in different rivers in Bengal like the Ganges. The curry is made with potatoes and parval and eaten with rice....

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In the Genting Highlands in Malaysia the fishes are visible in the surface of lakes.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 28 Jun 23

Generally colourful fishes stay in the banks and bed of lakes and rivers. In Genting Highlands in Malaysia I saw there was a departure. The colourful fishes came to the surface of the water. They were harmless but travellers...

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There are rivers which share banks of two countries.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 22 Jun 23

The hilly rivers are really amazing. River Brahmaputra has parts in China then enters the hills of India then goes to Bangladesh and Myanmar. I found many rivers, whose one of the banks are in India and the other banks are in...

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The mustard plantations create treat for eyes in Hazaribagh.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 31 Dec 21

In Hazaribagh due to the existence of a number of rivers like Kanchi, Damodar, Bhairavi, Subarnarekha, the soil is very fertile. Mustard plantations are found in random in the place. Travellers walk on the fields, the mustard is...

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There are nets in water front in Sunderbans not to allow tigers into the waters.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 9 Aug 21

Sunderbans has the highest number of royal bengal tiger population. These tigers if they swim across the rivers can enter the adjoining villages and has killed goats, cows in the past. So the forestry department has created nets...

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In rainy seasons countrysides look clean

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 5 Jul 21

West Bengal has beautiful paddy fields, rivers, lakes in countryside. Many people go for long drive. They find the surroundings clean as the rain washes away pollution. There is change of mind also when someone moves 70 to 100...

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Climate Change

Prasun Saurav @prasuns (1288) • New Delhi, India 17 Mar 21

Everything around us from the twinkling stars to the flowing rivers, nature serves us in the spirit of sacrifice. Rains fall rivers flow, all serve the world in order to make what it is. And yet we humans are the only organisms...

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Weeping Willow...

Teresa Trotter @teresatrotter (4073) • Jacksonville, Florida 17 Mar 21

One of my favorite things about doing digital art, is that there is a way that you can turn pictures into paintings...by using digital paints. It is very similar to painting with oils, or watercolors...the only difference is that...

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Rain Rain Go away

vanessa greer @madgreer77 (177) • United States 2 Mar 21

Ok, so not all of it has been rained. We also received 1.6 ft of snow. But that only made matters worse because snow takes longer to dry up than rain. Duh, right! As I've said here in the past my yard is smack dab in the center...

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Knife-Edge Bridge

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 30 Apr 20

Before we left for Zambia, I did my homework on what we should do and the most important places to visit. The Knife Edge Bridge was one of them, and frankly, I was scared to death to even propose the walk across to my hubby. My...

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This is the Guadalupe River in San Jose

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 4 Apr 20

This is a view from the bridge on Blossom Hill Road in San josd. You can see the Guadalupe River a d the natural areas. This part is close to the water districtThe Guadalupe trail is down there. You can walk the trail to Almaden...

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Phillip Rivers to be a Free Agent

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7407) • Sparta, Tennessee 11 Feb 20

After 16 years with the Los Angeles Chargers, Phillip Rivers will officially be a free agent this year. At 38 years old, the rumor had started floating that he was parting with the Chargers franchise when he moved from San Diego...

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40 Tons of Plastic Trash Recovered

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 29 Jun 19

A while ago, you might remember that I did an article on plastic trash in our oceans. Environmentalists embarked on a $300,000 mission to clean up some of the plastic trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They returned...

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Flooding in Green Bay

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 May 19

We've had more than half an inch of rain since last night. The rivers are flooded and this person isn't going to church. There are reports of flooding along the Bay of Green Bay, the Fox, and East Rivers. They are also talking...

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