- a variation of Kaveri.
Cauvery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Bengaluru's 15 million people need at least two billion litres of water every day - more than 70% of this comes from the Cauvery river.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 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
At the midpoint of Tamil Nadu, the sixth-largest Indian state by population, the delta formed by the Cauvery River appears like a nose in profile, jutting east into the Bay of Bengal.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2019
The Nilgiris and Shevaroy Hills are found here, as are also the Cauvery and Vaigai Rivers.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
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