- a variation of Kaveri.
Cauvery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The dispute was over sharing of water in the Cauvery river which courses through both the states.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
Tamil Nadu's position is that the Cauvery is a shared resource and its farmers need the water for irrigation.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023
In 2019, he led a campaign to plant trees along the Cauvery River in southern India that was questioned by activists for promoting an overly simplistic solution that might end up actually damaging the environment.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
Against this precarious backdrop, some of the most vulnerable inhabitants of the Cauvery Delta are Dalit women, those formerly known as “untouchables” who are at the bottom of India’s caste system.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2019
The Cauvery is known to devout Hindus as Dakshini Ganga, or the Ganges of the south, and the whole of its course is holy ground.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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