Cauvery River
- Cauvery River (Kaveri) originates at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats.
- It is designated as “the Ganga of the South” or ‘Dakshina Ganga’.
- It is one of the east-flowing peninsular rivers, like Godavari and Krishna.
- Its upper catchment area receives rainfall during summer from the southwest monsoon and the lower catchment area receives rainfall during the winter season from the retreating northeast Monsoon.
- It is one of the best-regulated rivers and 90 to 95% of its irrigation and power potential already stands harnessed.
- Sivasamudram Waterfalls is on this river.
- The river divides itself into two distinct channels at Srirangam,
- the northern channel is called Kollidam and
- the southern one retains the name Cauvery.
- The Kaveri River also forms a big delta in a quadrilateral shape.
- The Cauvery basin extends over the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
- The total length of the river from its origin to an outfall is 800 km.
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