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Pichavaram

பிச்சாவரம்
Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
Pichavaram is located in Tamil Nadu
Pichavaram
Pichavaram
Pichavaram
Coordinates: 11°25′N 79°47′E / 11.41°N 79.78°E / 11.41; 79.78
CountryPichavaram India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCuddalore
TalukBhuvanagiri
Town PanchayathParangipettai
Area
 • Total14.79 km2 (5.71 sq mi)
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Pichavaram hosts one of the largest mangrove forests in India
A view of the forest

Pichavaram is one of the villages of Parangipettai near Chidambaram in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India.[1][2] It is located between the Vellar estuary in the north and Coleroon estuary in the south. The Vellar-Coleroon estuarine complex forms the Killai backwater and the mangroves that are permanently rooted in a few feet of water. It is located at a distance of 243 km from Chennai and 15 km from Chidambaram.

  1. ^ "UNESCO list".
  2. ^ "Mangrove forests". Archived from the original on 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

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