Cauvery

/ ˈkɔːvərɪ /

noun

a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 765 km (475 miles)

The northern channel is called the Coleroon (Kolidam); the other preserves the name of Cauvery.

Around the island of Sivasamudram are the celebrated falls of the Cauvery, unrivalled for romantic beauty.

His headquarters are at the monastery of Sringeri on the Cauvery river in Mysore.

In utility for irrigation the Kistna is also inferior to its two sister streams, the Godavari and Cauvery.

Electricity from the falls of the Cauvery (93 m. distant) is utilized as the motive power in the mines.

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