Kaveri River

Kaveri River
   See Cauvery River.

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  • Kaveri River — The Kaveri River (Kannada: ಕಾವೇರಿ ನದಿ,Tamil: காவிரி ஆறு), also spelled Cauvery in English, is one of the major rivers of India, which is considered sacred by Hindus. The river originates at Talakaveri, Kodagu district in the Western Ghats in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Kaveri River — or Cauvery River River, southern India. Rising in northern Kerala, it flows southeast 475 mi (764 km) to enter the Bay of Bengal. On the border of Karnataka it forms the island of Sivasamudram, on either side of which are the Kaveri (Cauvery)… …   Universalium

  • Kaveri River Water Dispute — The waters of the river Kaveri has been the bone of contention of a serious conflict between Karnataka and the state of Tamil Nadu.The dispute at its root is a question of the sharing of the waters of the river Kaveri. While the state of Tamil… …   Wikipedia

  • Kaveri palam — is a bridge in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.The bridge that connects Trichy mainland to the Srirangam island is referred to as the Kaveri palam .The construction of this bridge was completed recently. [ As of July 2008 ] This bridge came in as a… …   Wikipedia

  • river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

  • Coleroon River — ▪ river, India       river, Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nādu) state, southeastern India. Formed by the northern bifurcation of the Kaveri (Cauvery) River (Kaveri River) at Srirangam, the Coleroon River flows between the South Arcot and Thanjavur regions… …   Universalium

  • Kaveri-Vaigai link canal — Tamil Nadu is one of the drier states in IndiaFact|date=June 2008 which depends heavily on water from the rivers originating from the neighboring states of kerala and karnataka. The state government has envisioned a project linking the kaveri,… …   Wikipedia

  • GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri — The GTRE GTX 35VS Kaveri is a low bypass ratio afterburning turbofan being developed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a lab under the DRDO in Bangalore, India. An indigenous Indian design, the Kaveri was intended to power… …   Wikipedia

  • Noyyal River — The Noyyal River rises from the Vellingiri hills in the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, southeastern India and drains into the Kaveri River. The river s basin is 180 km (110 mi) long and 25 km (16 mi) wide and covers a total area …   Wikipedia

  • Kollidam River — The Kollidam (referred to as Coleroon in Colonial English) is a river in southeastern India. The Kollidam is the northern distributary of the Kaveri River as it flows through the delta of Thanjavur. It splits from the main branch of the Kaveri… …   Wikipedia

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