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Cauvery

British  
/ ˈkɔːvərɪ /

noun

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

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Top officials say Bengaluru's population growth has surpassed all projections made during the commissioning of the various stages of the Cauvery water project.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

The dispute was over sharing of water in the Cauvery river which courses through both the states.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Farmers and politicians from Karnataka and the adjoining state of Tamil Nadu have been locked for decades in a legal dispute over sharing the waters of the Cauvery river.

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

ERODE, a town of British India, in the Coimbatore district of Madras, situated on the right bank of the river Cauvery, which is here crossed by an iron railway girder bridge of 22 spans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various