- 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
“I have sown seeds but the ground is dry due to scanty rainfall and now we have shortage of supply from Cauvery river,” said S. Kumar, a 48-year-old farmer in the state’s district of Pudukkottai.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 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
Additional forms of resource mismanagement and an ongoing water dispute between Tamil Nadu and the neighboring state of Karnataka over access to the Cauvery River have seriously exacerbated these problems.
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 Frederick Wilkinson
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