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🟣 Kaveri/ Cauvery river
In Headlines : According to Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, the strict enforcement of lockdown has reduced the pollution in Cauvery River.
The river flows primarily through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
It rises in the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
It is bounded by Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and by the ridges separating it from Krishna basin and Pennar basin.
Cauvery basin extends over states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and UT of Puducherry.
Tributaries: • Left Bank: the Harangi, the Hemavati, the Shimsha and the Arkavati.
• Right Bank: Lakshmantirtha, the Kabbani, the Suvarnavati, the Bhavani, the Noyil and the Amaravati.
On the Cauvery, lies the “Grand Anicut dam” said to have been constructed by Chola King in 1st century A.D.
Important dams : Krishna Raja Sagara dam, Mettur dam.
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