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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="نهر كافيري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نهر كافيري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADu_Kaveri" title="Ríu Kaveri – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ríu Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="कावेरी नदी – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="कावेरी नदी" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="کافیری چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کافیری چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80" title="কাবেরী নদী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কাবেরী নদী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="कावेरी नदी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कावेरी नदी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Кавери – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кавери" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Кавери – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Кавери" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_River_(suba_sa_Indiya)" title="Kaveri River (suba sa Indiya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kaveri River (suba sa Indiya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1v%C3%A9r%C3%AD" title="Kávérí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kávérí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9" title="Κάβερι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κάβερι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Kaveri" title="Río Kaveri – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_(ibaia)" title="Kaveri (ibaia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kaveri (ibaia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF)" title="کاوری (رود) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاوری (رود)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Kaveri" title="Río Kaveri – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%B2%A0%EB%A6%AC%EA%B0%95" title="카베리강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카베리강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="कावेरी नदी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कावेरी नदी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Kaveri" title="Sungai Kaveri – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF" title="ಕಾವೇರಿ ನದಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕಾವೇರಿ ನದಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaver%C4%97" title="Kaverė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kaverė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1v%C3%A9ri" title="Kávéri – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kávéri" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="कावेरी नदी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="कावेरी नदी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF" title="കാവേരി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കാവേരി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="कावेरी नदी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कावेरी नदी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="კავერი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კავერი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89" title="نهر كافيرى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر كافيرى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="कावेरी नदी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="कावेरी नदी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E5%B7%9D" title="カーヴィリ川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カーヴィリ川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86" title="ਕਵੇਰੀ ਦਰਿਆ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕਵੇਰੀ ਦਰਿਆ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="دریائے کاویری – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دریائے کاویری" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaweri" title="Kaweri – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kaweri" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Kaveri" title="Rio Kaveri – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Kaveri" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Кавери – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">River in southern India</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the river. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Kaveri (disambiguation)">Kaveri (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Kaveri<br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size:78%">Cauvery</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid black;width:250px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thalakkaveri_Temple,_Karnataka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thalakkaveri_Temple%2C_Karnataka.jpg/124px-Thalakkaveri_Temple%2C_Karnataka.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thalakkaveri_Temple%2C_Karnataka.jpg/186px-Thalakkaveri_Temple%2C_Karnataka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thalakkaveri_Temple%2C_Karnataka.jpg/248px-Thalakkaveri_Temple%2C_Karnataka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1631" data-file-height="1087" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg/124px-Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg/186px-Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg/248px-Kaveri_View_Rail_Bridge_Srirangapatna_Jul22_A7C_02120.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barahachukki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Barahachukki.jpg/124px-Barahachukki.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Barahachukki.jpg/186px-Barahachukki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Barahachukki.jpg/248px-Barahachukki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="453" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg/124px-Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg/186px-Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg/248px-Hogenakkal_Falls_Close.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG/124px-Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG" decoding="async" width="124" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG/186px-Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG/248px-Bhavani-Kaveri-Sangamam.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1515" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Anaicut.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Grand_Anaicut.jpg/124px-Grand_Anaicut.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Grand_Anaicut.jpg/186px-Grand_Anaicut.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Grand_Anaicut.jpg/248px-Grand_Anaicut.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%"><b>Clockwise from top left</b>: <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri" title="Talakaveri">Talakaveri</a>; Kaveri at <a href="/wiki/Srirangapatna" title="Srirangapatna">Srirangapatna</a>; <a href="/wiki/Hogenakkal_Falls" title="Hogenakkal Falls">Hogenakkal Falls</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kallanai_Dam" title="Kallanai Dam">Kallanai Dam</a>; Confluence with <a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Shivanasamudra_Falls" title="Shivanasamudra Falls">Shivanasamudra Falls</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cauvery_River_Basin.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cauvery_River_Basin.png/250px-Cauvery_River_Basin.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cauvery_River_Basin.png/375px-Cauvery_River_Basin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cauvery_River_Basin.png/500px-Cauvery_River_Basin.png 2x" data-file-width="1272" data-file-height="896" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kaveri River basin</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">States</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Talakaveri" title="Talakaveri">Talakaveri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Kodagu district</a>, (Coorg) Karnataka</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kaveri&params=12_23_N_75_29_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°23′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°29′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.383°N 75.483°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.383; 75.483</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1,341 m (4,400 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Poompuhar" class="mw-redirect" title="Poompuhar">Poompuhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayiladuthurai_district" title="Mayiladuthurai district">Mayiladuthurai district</a>, Tamil Nadu</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">800 km (500 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">81,155 km<sup>2</sup> (31,334 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-Riparian_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riparian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Anaicut" title="Lower Anaicut">Lower Anaicut</a> (58.5 km upstream of mouth)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">919 m<sup>3</sup>/s (32,500 cu ft/s) (1998-2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">144 m<sup>3</sup>/s (5,100 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,075 m<sup>3</sup>/s (143,900 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Anicut" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Anicut">Grand Anicut</a> (140 km upstream of mouth)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">400.716 m<sup>3</sup>/s (14,151.2 cu ft/s) (1976-1979)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> 1,131 m<sup>3</sup>/s (39,900 cu ft/s) (1998-2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">78 m<sup>3</sup>/s (2,800 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,916 m<sup>3</sup>/s (173,600 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harangi_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Harangi Reservoir">Harangi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemavati_River" title="Hemavati River">Hemavati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shimsha" title="Shimsha">Shimsha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkavathi_River" title="Arkavathi River">Arkavati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarabanga_River" title="Sarabanga River">Sarabanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thirumanimutharu_River_(tributary_of_Kaveri)" title="Thirumanimutharu River (tributary of Kaveri)">Thirumanimutharu</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lakshmana_Tirtha" title="Lakshmana Tirtha">Lakshmana Tirtha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kabini" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabini">Kabini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhavani_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhavani river">Bhavani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noyyal" class="mw-redirect" title="Noyyal">Noyyal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amaravati_River" title="Amaravati River">Amaravati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moyar_River" title="Moyar River">Moyar</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kaveri</b> (also known as <b>Cauvery</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers of India">major river</a> flowing across <a href="/wiki/Southern_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern India">Southern India</a>. It is the third largest river in the region after <a href="/wiki/Godavari_River" title="Godavari River">Godavari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna</a>. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin is estimated to be 81,155 km<sup>2</sup> (31,334 sq mi) and encompasses the states of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, and the union territory of <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>. </p><p>The river rises at <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri" title="Talakaveri">Talakaveri</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Brahmagiri_(hill),_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmagiri (hill), Karnataka">Brahmagiri</a> range in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>. The source is located at an elevation of 1,341 m (4,400 ft) in the <a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Kodagu district</a> of Karnataka. The river flows for about 320 km (200 mi) through the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan plateau">Deccan plateau</a> in Karnataka before entering Tamil Nadu. It flows further eastward in Tamil Nadu for 416 km (258 mi) before flowing into the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> near <a href="/wiki/Puhar,_Mayiladuthurai" title="Puhar, Mayiladuthurai">Poompuhar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mayiladuthurai_district" title="Mayiladuthurai district">Mayiladuthurai district</a> of Tamil Nadu. The river flows for a total length of about 800 km (500 mi). The major tributaries include <a href="/wiki/Amaravati_River" title="Amaravati River">Amaravati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkavati" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkavati">Arkavati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemavati_River" title="Hemavati River">Hemavati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kabini" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabini">Kabini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lakshmana_Tirtha" title="Lakshmana Tirtha">Lakshmana Tirtha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Noyyal" class="mw-redirect" title="Noyyal">Noyyal</a>. </p><p>There are a number of dams on the river which form part of an extensive <a href="/wiki/Irrigation_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Irrigation system">irrigation system</a> and are used for the generation of <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric power">hydroelectric power</a>. The river has supported agriculture for centuries and has served as the lifeline of several kingdoms in the past. Access to the river's waters has been a <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River_water_dispute" title="Kaveri River water dispute">cause of dispute</a> among the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades. The Kaveri basin is a densely populated region, with several towns and cities located on its banks. </p><p>The river is considered as sacred by the people of Southern India and is considered to be among the seven holy rivers of India. The river is often personified and worshiped as the goddess Kaveri. The river is mentioned in various Hindu religious texts including the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></i>. In ancient <a href="/wiki/Tamil_literature" title="Tamil literature">Tamil literature</a>, the river is referenced to as <i>Ponni</i> meaning "the golden one". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaveri is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> as a holy river in various Hindu religious texts including the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wisdom_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisdom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name itself might have had different etymologies. As per <i><a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Skanda Purana</a></i>, the river arose after <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a> took a form of a crow and toppled sage <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kamandala" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamandala">kamandala</a>. The river then took its name from the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a> words <i>kā</i> meaning "crow" and <i>viri</i> meaning "spread" literally translating to "spread by a crow". It might also mean a river with wide spread banks as <i>viri</i> can also be translated as wide spread.<sup id="cite_ref-Wisdom_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisdom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pao_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pao-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The etymology of the river might have also been derived from <i>kāviri</i>, the <a href="/wiki/Sankethi_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankethi dialect">Sankethi</a> word for "river" from the language spoken by the <a href="/wiki/Sankethi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankethi people">Sankethi people</a>, who live along its waters.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cauvery is the <a href="/wiki/Anglicized" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicized">anglicized</a> version of the original name.<sup id="cite_ref-Pao_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pao-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river is also known by other names. In ancient <a href="/wiki/Tamil_literature" title="Tamil literature">Tamil literature</a>, the river was called <i>Ponni</i> meaning "the golden one" in reference to the fine silt it deposits.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is known as <i>Daksina gaṅgā</i> meaning the "<a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a> of the South" indicating its geographical location and its significance.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also mentioned as <i>Ardha gaṅgā</i> meaning <i>Half Ganga</i> in Mahabharata and other literature, due to its purported mythology of having arisen from the Ganges.<sup id="cite_ref-Wisdom_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisdom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marudvṛdhā is another hypothesised name for this river, meaning "the beloved of the <a href="/wiki/Maruts" title="Maruts">Maruts</a>" in Sanskrit.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The river arises at <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri" title="Talakaveri">Talakaveri</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Kodagu district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The source of the river is located at an altitude of 1,341 m (4,400 ft) in the <a href="/wiki/Brahmagiri_(Karnataka)" title="Brahmagiri (Karnataka)">Brahmagiri Hills</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its follows a rough upper course consisting of rocky beds and high banks. Once it leaves the Kodagu hills, it flows eastwards and forms a series of rapids and falls. It flows through a narrow gorge onto the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan plateau">Deccan plateau</a> and drops about 18–24 m (59–79 ft) at <a href="/wiki/Chunchanakatte_Falls" title="Chunchanakatte Falls">Chunchanakatte Falls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river forms the island of <a href="/wiki/Srirangapatna" title="Srirangapatna">Srirangapatna</a> and widens to 900–1,200 ft (270–370 m) before flowing south-east.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Springer_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Shivanasamudra" class="mw-redirect" title="Shivanasamudra">Shivanasamudra</a>, the river drops 91 m (299 ft) and forms the <a href="/wiki/Shivanasamudra_Falls" title="Shivanasamudra Falls">Shivanasamudra Falls</a>, one of the largest waterfalls in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Springer_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After forming the island of Shivanasamudra, the river converges and passes through the <a href="/wiki/Mekedatu" title="Mekedatu">Mekedatu</a> gorge.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Singh_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After flowing for 320 km (200 mi) in Karnataka, the river flows for about 64 km (40 mi) along the Karnataka-<a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> border.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river enters Tamil Nadu and forms the <a href="/wiki/Hogenakkal_Falls" title="Hogenakkal Falls">Hogenakkal Falls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the falls, the river flows southwards towards <a href="/wiki/Mettur_Dam" title="Mettur Dam">Mettur Dam</a> and joins its main right bank tributary <a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kooduthurai" title="Kooduthurai">Kooduthurai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Singh_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river flows eastwards through <a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a>, and widens further before entering the <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli_district" title="Tiruchirappalli district">Tiruchirappalli district</a>. It splits into two branches with the northern part called as <a href="/wiki/Kollidam_River" title="Kollidam River">Kollidam River</a> and the southern part of the river retaining the name Kaveri.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After flowing for 16 km (9.9 mi), the two branches converge around the <a href="/wiki/Srirangam" title="Srirangam">Srirangam</a> island.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Singh_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river further branches off into 36 different channels before emptying into the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> near <a href="/wiki/Puhar,_Nagapattinam" class="mw-redirect" title="Puhar, Nagapattinam">Puhar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mayiladuthurai_district" title="Mayiladuthurai district">Mayiladuthurai district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river traverses for about 416 km (258 mi) in Tamil Nadu for a total length of about 800 km (500 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kaveri River has 21 major tributaries.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest tributary <a href="/wiki/Hemavati_River" title="Hemavati River">Hemavati</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lakshmana_Tirtha" title="Lakshmana Tirtha">Lakshmana Tirtha</a> join the river at <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Sagara" title="Krishna Raja Sagara">Krishna Raja Sagara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brit_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kabini_River" title="Kabini River">Kabini</a> is another major contributor to the flow of Kaveri and joins the river in Karnataka. It meets with its second largest tributary <a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kooduthurai" title="Kooduthurai">Kooduthurai</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bhavani,_Tamil_Nadu" title="Bhavani, Tamil Nadu">Bhavani</a> and two other tributaries <a href="/wiki/Noyyal_River" title="Noyyal River">Noyyal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Amaravati_River" title="Amaravati River">Amaravati</a> join further down the stream in Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other tributaries of Kaveri include <a href="/wiki/Shimsha" title="Shimsha">Shimsha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkavathi_River" title="Arkavathi River">Arkavati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarabanga_River" title="Sarabanga River">Sarabanga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thirumanimutharu_River_(tributary_of_Kaveri)" title="Thirumanimutharu River (tributary of Kaveri)">Thirumanimutharu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Singh_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discharge">Discharge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Discharge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Discharge1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Discharge2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discharge2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Discharge </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Year </th> <th rowspan="28"> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kallanai_Dam" title="Kallanai Dam">Grand Anicut</a> </th> <th rowspan="28"> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Anaicut" title="Lower Anaicut">Lower Anicut</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"> (m<sup>3</sup>/s) </th> <th colspan="3">(m<sup>3</sup>/s) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Min </th> <th>Mean </th> <th>Max </th> <th>Min </th> <th>Mean </th> <th>Max </th></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>170 </td> <td>1,099 </td> <td>3,454 </td> <td>161 </td> <td>885 </td> <td>2,540 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>289 </td> <td>1,131 </td> <td>3,778 </td> <td>285 </td> <td>864 </td> <td>2,845 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>343 </td> <td>1,287 </td> <td>4,903 </td> <td>233 </td> <td>1,011 </td> <td>3,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>258 </td> <td>1,080 </td> <td>3,348 </td> <td>309 </td> <td>948 </td> <td>3,115 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>139 </td> <td>772 </td> <td>2,392 </td> <td>144 </td> <td>867 </td> <td>2,423 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>78 </td> <td>667 </td> <td>2,297 </td> <td>216 </td> <td>646 </td> <td>2,100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>103 </td> <td>895 </td> <td>3,303 </td> <td>217 </td> <td>839 </td> <td>3,160 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>179 </td> <td>1,012 </td> <td>3,354 </td> <td>240 </td> <td>991 </td> <td>3,873 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>268 </td> <td>1,072 </td> <td>2,495 </td> <td>473 </td> <td>1,091 </td> <td>3,187 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>118 </td> <td>993 </td> <td>3,308 </td> <td>324 </td> <td>1,126 </td> <td>4,075 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>132 </td> <td>1,094 </td> <td>3,677 </td> <td>398 </td> <td>1,103 </td> <td>3,167 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>227 </td> <td>1,040 </td> <td>3,238 </td> <td>290 </td> <td>965 </td> <td>3,301 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>373 </td> <td>1,080 </td> <td>3,141 </td> <td>411 </td> <td>1,022 </td> <td>3,626 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>171 </td> <td>1,163 </td> <td>3,815 </td> <td>296 </td> <td>928 </td> <td>3,014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>190 </td> <td>874 </td> <td>3,342 </td> <td>177 </td> <td>711 </td> <td>2,149 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>82 </td> <td>1,043 </td> <td>3,281 </td> <td>229 </td> <td>856 </td> <td>3,127 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>279 </td> <td>1,148 </td> <td>3,663 </td> <td>409 </td> <td>980 </td> <td>2,533 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>559 </td> <td>1,422 </td> <td>3,816 </td> <td>407 </td> <td>913 </td> <td>2,177 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>490 </td> <td>1,129 </td> <td>2,890 </td> <td>276 </td> <td>728 </td> <td>1,733 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>216 </td> <td>931 </td> <td>3,586 </td> <td>154 </td> <td>671 </td> <td>1,832 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>341 </td> <td>1,571 </td> <td>4,439 </td> <td>266 </td> <td>934 </td> <td>3,427 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>331 </td> <td>1,473 </td> <td>4,559 </td> <td>173 </td> <td>966 </td> <td>3,070 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>591 </td> <td>1,590 </td> <td>4,373 </td> <td>209 </td> <td>983 </td> <td>2,944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td>478 </td> <td>1,502 </td> <td>3,935 </td> <td>257 </td> <td>988 </td> <td>3,136 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td>548 </td> <td>1,713 </td> <td>4,916 </td> <td>407 </td> <td>1,172 </td> <td>3,385 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Overall </th> <th> </th> <th>78 </th> <th>1,151 </th> <th>4,916 </th> <th> </th> <th>144 </th> <th>928 </th> <th>4,075 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology_and_ecology">Geology and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geology and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png/220px-Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png/330px-Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png/440px-Kaveri_Crater_visualization.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>The location of the supposed impact structure (red circle) surrounded by hills within the Deccan peninsula</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kaveri basin was formed in the <a href="/wiki/Late_Jurassic" title="Late Jurassic">Late Jurassic</a> to <a href="/wiki/Early_Cretaceous" title="Early Cretaceous">Early Cretaceous</a> period during <a href="/wiki/Gondwana" title="Gondwana">Gondwana</a> breakup and opening of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the basin is made up of <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> rocks and the two major rock types that are found are <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">igneous</a> rocks.<sup id="cite_ref-Singh_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Closepet granite is found in the upper parts of the Kaveri basin and <a href="/wiki/Charnockite" title="Charnockite">Charnockite</a> rocks are only found in the central part.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2017 paper proposed that an <a href="/wiki/Impact_structure" title="Impact structure">impact structure</a> was present in the vicinity of the Kaveri river.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The run-off from the river does not drain off quickly because of the shape of the river basin, which limits the occurrence of floods. It is a <a href="/wiki/Perennial_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Perennial river">perennial river</a> fed mostly by <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoons</a>. Four distinct seasons occur in the basin with hot and cold seasons sandwiching the monsoon seasons. The river basin is fed by South-West monsoon in Karnataka, and North-East monsoon in Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kaveri basin is made up of two sub-zones, forest and agro-ecosystem.<sup id="cite_ref-Environ_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Environ-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The forest vegetation consists of a mix of <a href="/wiki/Dry_deciduous_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry deciduous forest">dry deciduous</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evergreen_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Evergreen forests">evergreen forests</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grasslands" class="mw-redirect" title="Grasslands">grasslands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Compendium_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Compendium-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per a study, about 12,850 km<sup>2</sup> (4,960 sq mi) of natural vegetation was lost in the river basin between 1965 and 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basin has a variety of flora with major species including <i><a href="/wiki/Terminalia_arjuna" title="Terminalia arjuna">Terminalia arjuna</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tamarindus_indica" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamarindus indica">Tamarindus indica</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pongamia_pinnata" class="mw-redirect" title="Pongamia pinnata">Pongamia pinnata</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Salix_tetrasperma" title="Salix tetrasperma">Salix tetrasperma</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ficus_benghalensis" title="Ficus benghalensis">Ficus benghalensis</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ficus_religiosa" title="Ficus religiosa">Ficus religiosa</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus" title="Eucalyptus">Eucalyptus torticornis</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Diospyros_montana" title="Diospyros montana">Diospyros montana</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Environ_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Environ-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are many <a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of protected areas of India">protected areas</a> spread across the river basin including significant <a href="/wiki/Project_Tiger" title="Project Tiger">tiger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Project_Elephant" title="Project Elephant">elephant</a> habitats. The basin provides habitat to a range of animal species such as <a href="/wiki/Indian_bison" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian bison">gaur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leopard" title="Leopard">leopard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sloth_bear" title="Sloth bear">sloth bear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Bengal tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_elephant" title="Indian elephant">Indian elephant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr" title="Nilgiri tahr">Nilgiri tahr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grizzled_giant_squirrel" title="Grizzled giant squirrel">grizzled giant squirrel</a>, and various species of deer, wild boar and reptiles.<sup id="cite_ref-Compendium_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Compendium-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river also hosts a variety of avifauna including the <a href="/wiki/Painted_stork" title="Painted stork">painted stork</a> (<i>Mycteria leucocephala</i>), <a href="/wiki/Spot-billed_pelican" title="Spot-billed pelican">spot-billed pelican</a> (<i>Pelecanus philippensis</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Black-headed_ibis" title="Black-headed ibis">black-headed ibis</a> (<i>Threskiornis melanocephalus</i>). It is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Mugger_crocodile" title="Mugger crocodile">mugger crocodile</a> (<i>Crocodylus palustris</i>), <a href="/wiki/Smooth-coated_otter" title="Smooth-coated otter">smooth-coated otter</a> <i>(Lutrogale perspicillata),</i> and <a href="/wiki/Tor_remadevii" title="Tor remadevii">hump-backed mahseer</a> <i>(Tor remadevii).</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Riparian_zone">Riparian zone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Riparian zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg/220px-Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg/330px-Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg/440px-Water_Catchment_Area_of_Stanley_reservoir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Reservoir" title="Stanley Reservoir">Stanley Reservoir</a> formed by <a href="/wiki/Mettur_Dam" title="Mettur Dam">Mettur Dam</a>, the largest dams on the river.</figcaption></figure> <p>The total watershed of the basin is 81,155 km<sup>2</sup> (31,334 sq mi) and the <a href="/wiki/Riparian_zone" title="Riparian zone">riparian zone</a> of the river consists of 43,856 km<sup>2</sup> (16,933 sq mi) in Tamil Nadu, 34,273 km<sup>2</sup> (13,233 sq mi) in Karnataka, 2,866 km<sup>2</sup> (1,107 sq mi) in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, and 160 km<sup>2</sup> (62 sq mi) in the union territory of <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Riparian_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riparian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over half of the Kaveri basin is arable and the most cultivated crops are <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Environ_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Environ-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An estimate at the time of the first <a href="/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-year plans of India">Five Year Plan</a> put the total flow of the river at 15 cubic kilometres (12,000,000 acre⋅ft), of which 60% was used for irrigation.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river is also used for <a href="/wiki/Drinking_water" title="Drinking water">drinking water</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric power">hydroelectric power</a> generation.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Anicut" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Anicut">Grand Anicut</a> was constructed by a <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Chola</a> King in 2nd century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-Data_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hydroelectric plant built on the Sivanasamudra Falls in 1902 was the first hydroelectric plant in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mettur_Dam" title="Mettur Dam">Mettur Dam</a> in Tamil Nadu was constructed in 1934 and the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Reservoir" title="Stanley Reservoir">Stanley Reservoir</a> formed by the dam has a capacity of 93.4 <a href="/wiki/Tmc_ft" class="mw-redirect" title="Tmc ft">tmc ft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Res_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Res-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Sagara" title="Krishna Raja Sagara">Krishna Raja Sagara</a> in Karnataka is the second largest dam on the river and has a capacity of 49.5 <a href="/wiki/Tmc_ft" class="mw-redirect" title="Tmc ft">tmc ft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Res_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Res-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bhavanisagar_Dam" title="Bhavanisagar Dam">Bhavanisagar Dam</a> (32.8 tmc ft) on the <a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani River</a> in Tamil Nadu, Hemavathy Dam (37.1 tmc ft) on the <a href="/wiki/Hemavathi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemavathi River">Hemavathi River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kabini_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabini Dam">Kabini Dam</a> (18.5 tmc ft) on the <a href="/wiki/Kabini_River" title="Kabini River">Kabini River</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harangi_Dam" title="Harangi Dam">Harangi Dam</a> (9.5 tmc ft) on the Harangi River in Karnataka are major dams on the tributaries of Kaveri.<sup id="cite_ref-Riparian_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riparian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Res_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Res-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_dispute">Water dispute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Water dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf/page1-220px-Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf/page1-330px-Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf/page1-440px-Kaveri_basin_Map.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2850" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption>Kaveri basin</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River_water_dispute" title="Kaveri River water dispute">Kaveri River water dispute</a></div> <p>The dispute over the sharing of Kaveri waters began in 1807 when the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a> objected to the plans of the <a href="/wiki/Mysore_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysore kingdom">Mysore kingdom</a> to develop irrigation projects. After initial discussions failed, the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> intervened and a six rule agreement called the <i>General Agreement of 1892</i> was signed.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Act,_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Independence Act, 1947">Indian Independence</a>, article 262 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> provided powers to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> to adjudicate on inter-state disputes on water sharing.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of India constituted the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) on 2 June 1990 to adjudicate the water dispute between the riparian states and territories in the river basin. In an order passed in June 1991, the CWDT directed Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water per year to Tamil Nadu based on a specific schedule. The water was to be released in four equal installments in a particular month and any shortfall would need to be covered in the subsequent week. Tamil Nadu was directed to provide 6 tmc ft of water to Puducherry.<sup id="cite_ref-Riparian_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riparian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1991, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> asked the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> to rule on the validity and legality of the tribunal under the Constitution. In November 1991, the Supreme Court opined that the order needs to be published by the central government in the Official Gazette, which was done on 1 December 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-Riparian_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riparian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1992, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Government of Tamil Nadu">Government of Tamil Nadu</a> filed a case in the Supreme Court to direct the Indian Government to pass necessary orders to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the tribunal order. In April 1997, the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> reverted that the central government has prepared a scheme under the Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956 for the implementation of the tribunal award and the Cauvery Water Authority (CRA) and Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) were formed subsequently as a part of the Cauvery Water (Implementation of Interim Orders of 1991 and all subsequent Tribunal Orders) Scheme, 1998. The CRA is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> and consists of the Chief Ministers of the riparian states as its constituent members.<sup id="cite_ref-Riparian_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riparian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 February 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that Karnataka will get 284.75 tmc ft, Tamil Nadu will get 404.25 tmc ft, Kerala will get 30 tmc ft and Puducherry will get 7 tmc ft of water from the river. An additional 10 tmc ft was reserved for environmental protection and 4 tmc ft was reserved for wastage into the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court directed the government to form a Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) within six weeks and acting on the Supreme Court's direction, the central government constituted the CMWA in June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_significance">Religious significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Religious significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg/190px-The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg/285px-The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg/380px-The_Hindu_Sage_Agastya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1484" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>As per <a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Hindu mythology</a>, Sage <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a> is believed to have brought Kaveri to the region.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, the river is considered one of seven holy rivers in India. The river is personified and worshiped as the river goddess <i>Kaveri Amma.</i> </p><p><sup id="cite_ref-Wisdom_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisdom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rel_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rel-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaveri is mentioned as both a river and a goddess in various Hindu texts such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></i>. The river is mentioned as one of the seven holy <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Gangas</a> and bathing in the river is said to grant one's desired as per the <i><a href="/wiki/Sivapurana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivapurana">Sivapurana</a></i>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Varaha_Purana" title="Varaha Purana">Varaha Purana</a></i> states that the river flows from the five great mountains and gives longevity to those who drink the waters of the river. The <i><a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Skanda Purana</a></i> narrates the various origins of the river. <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> filled <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kamandala" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamandala">bowl</a> with Kaveri, who flowed as a river with the help of <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wisdom_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisdom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In another legend, <a href="/wiki/Lopamudra" title="Lopamudra">Lopamudra</a> becomes Agastya's wife and takes on a form of water during a severe drought in South India. Agastya carries her in his small brass water pot and Ganesha, in the form of crow, knocks the water pot down. The spilled water runs down the hill and onto the drought-stricken land.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another story narrates that during the <a href="/wiki/Samudra_Manthana" title="Samudra Manthana">Samudra Manthana</a>, or churning of the <a href="/wiki/Kshira_Sagara" title="Kshira Sagara">Ocean of Milk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini">Mohini</a> and Lopamudra retrieved the nectar of immortality for the gods. Afterwards, <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> took care of Lopamudra as his daughter and later offered her to king Kavera, who renamed her as Kaveri. When Kaveri grew up she prayed to Brahma to transform her into a purifying river.<sup id="cite_ref-Rel_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rel-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As per the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_literature" title="Tamil literature">Tamil literature</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Manimekalai" title="Manimekalai">Manimekalai</a></i>, Agastya drank the Ganges River in anger, when the floods destroyed his <a href="/wiki/Tapas" title="Tapas">tapas</a> and later released it in South India. <i><a href="/wiki/Silapathikaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Silapathikaram">Silapathikaram</a></i> mentions Kaveri as the daughter of Kavera. In <a href="/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" title="Theravada Buddhism">Theravada Buddhism</a>, Kaveri is mentioned as a water channel. It is part of the twenty canal-systems associated with the reservoir Parakkamasamudda that existed in the <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa" title="Polonnaruwa">Polonnaruwa</a> region during the reign of king <a href="/wiki/Parakramabahu_I" title="Parakramabahu I">Parakramabahu I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wisdom_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisdom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_India" title="List of rivers of India">List of rivers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaveri_Pushkaram" title="Kaveri Pushkaram">Kaveri Pushkaram</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveri&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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title="Honnuhole">Honnuhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabini_River" title="Kabini River">Kabini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmana_Tirtha" title="Lakshmana Tirtha">Lakshmana Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noyyal_River" title="Noyyal River">Noyyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pambar_River_(Kerala)" title="Pambar River (Kerala)">Pambar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimsha" title="Shimsha">Shimsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumanimutharu_River_(tributary_of_Kaveri)" title="Thirumanimutharu River (tributary of Kaveri)">Thirumanimutharu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.15em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; background:gold;">Distributaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arasalar_River" title="Arasalar River">Arasalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollidam_River" title="Kollidam River">Kollidam</a></li> <li><a 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title="Kudavasal">Kudavasal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushalanagar" title="Kushalanagar">Kushalanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi" title="Lalgudi">Lalgudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannargudi" title="Mannargudi">Mannargudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandya" title="Mandya">Mandya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayiladuthurai" title="Mayiladuthurai">Mayiladuthurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mettur" title="Mettur">Mettur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">Nagapattinam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nannilam" title="Nannilam">Nannilam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papanasam" title="Papanasam">Papanasam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puhar,_Mayiladuthurai" title="Puhar, Mayiladuthurai">Puhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peralam" title="Peralam">Peralam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakleshpur" title="Sakleshpur">Sakleshpur</a></li> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.15em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; background:gold;">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nisargadhama" title="Nisargadhama">Nisargadhama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srirangam" title="Srirangam">Srirangam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.15em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; background:gold;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaveri_Pushkaram" title="Kaveri Pushkaram">Kaveri Pushkaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River_water_dispute" title="Kaveri River water dispute">Kaveri River water dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Tamil_Nadu_protests_for_Kaveri_water_sharing" title="2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing">2018 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href="/wiki/Shyok_River" title="Shyok River">Shyok</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nubra_River" title="Nubra River">Nubra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru_River_(Indus)" title="Suru River (Indus)">Suru</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dras_River" title="Dras River">Dras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shingo_River" title="Shingo River">Shingo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutlej" title="Sutlej">Sutlej</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yapola_River" title="Yapola River">Yapola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanskar_River" title="Zanskar River">Zanskar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Markha_River_(India)" title="Markha River (India)">Markha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsarap_River" title="Tsarap River">Tsarap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doda_River" title="Doda River">Doda</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmaputra">Brahmaputra</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beki_River" title="Beki River">Beki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhogdoi_River" title="Bhogdoi River">Bhogdoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhansiri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhansiri River">Dhansiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibang_River" title="Dibang River">Dibang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dihing_River" title="Dihing River">Dihing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikhow_River" title="Dikhow River">Dikhow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameng_River" title="Kameng River">Kameng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolong_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolong River">Kolong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kopili_River" title="Kopili River">Kopili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lohit_River" title="Lohit River">Lohit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manas_River" title="Manas River">Manas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid%C4%81k_River" title="Raidāk River">Raidak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankosh_River" title="Sankosh River">Sankosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subansiri_River" title="Subansiri River">Subansiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaknanda_River" title="Alaknanda River">Alaknanda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandakini_River" title="Mandakini River">Mandakini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pindar_River" title="Pindar River">Pindar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandakini" title="Nandakini">Nandakini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhauliganga_River" title="Dhauliganga River">Dhauliganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishiganga" title="Rishiganga">Rishiganga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atrai_River" title="Atrai River">Atrai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagmati_River" title="Bagmati River">Bagmati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagirathi_River" title="Bhagirathi River">Bhagirathi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhilangna_River" title="Bhilangna River">Bhilangna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahnavi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Jahnavi River">Jahanavi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burhi_Gandak_River" title="Burhi Gandak River">Burhi Gandak</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phalgu_River" title="Phalgu River">Phalgu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandaki_River" title="Gandaki River">Gandaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaghara" title="Ghaghara">Ghaghara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darma_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Darma River">Darma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gori_Ganga" title="Gori Ganga">Gori Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohni_River" title="Rohni River">Rohni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarju" title="Sarju">Sarju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_River" title="Sharda River">Sharda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Rapti_River" title="West Rapti River">West Rapti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomti_River" title="Gomti River">Gomti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kathana" title="Kathana">Kathana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarayan_river" title="Sarayan river">Sarayan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churni_River" title="Churni River">Churni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarakeswar_River" title="Dwarakeswar River">Dwarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_River" title="Ichamati River">Ichamati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadh_Ganga" title="Jadh Ganga">Jadh Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalangi_River" title="Jalangi River">Jalangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayurakshi_River" title="Mayurakshi River">Mayurakshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundeswari_River" title="Mundeswari River">Mundeswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupnarayan_River" title="Rupnarayan River">Rupnarayan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosi_River" title="Kosi River">Kosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahananda_River" title="Mahananda River">Mahananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghna_River" title="Meghna River">Meghna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barak_River" title="Barak River">Barak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakatia_River" title="Dakatia River">Dakatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhalai_River" title="Dhalai River">Dhalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feni_River" title="Feni River">Feni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumti_River_(Tripura)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumti River (Tripura)">Gumti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushiyara_River" title="Kushiyara River">Kushiyara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_River_(Tripura)" title="Manu River (Tripura)">Manu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someshwari_River" title="Someshwari River">Someshwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titas_River" title="Titas River">Titas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuivai_River" title="Tuivai River">Tuivai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_River" title="Padma River">Padma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punarbhaba_River" title="Punarbhaba River">Punarbhaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramganga" title="Ramganga">Ramganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sone_River" title="Sone River">Sone</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amanat_River" title="Amanat River">Amanat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banas_River" title="Banas River">Banas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johilla_River" title="Johilla River">Johilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopad_River" title="Gopad River">Gopad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhar_River" title="Kanhar River">Kanhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Koel_River" title="North Koel River">North Koel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rihand_River" title="Rihand River">Rihand</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamuna" title="Yamuna">Yamuna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahar_River" title="Ahar River">Ahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banas_River" title="Banas River">Banas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandi_River" title="Bandi River">Bandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berach_River" title="Berach River">Berach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betwa_River" title="Betwa River">Betwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambal_River" title="Chambal River">Chambal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhasan_River" title="Dhasan River">Dhasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambhir_River_(Rajasthan)" title="Gambhir River (Rajasthan)">Gambhir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halali_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Halali River">Halali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindon_River" title="Hindon River">Hindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali_Sindh_River" title="Kali Sindh River">Kali Sindh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_River" title="Ken River">Ken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuno_River" title="Kuno River">Kuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwari_River" title="Kwari River">Kwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morel_River" title="Morel River">Morel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parbati_River_(Madhya_Pradesh)" title="Parbati River (Madhya Pradesh)">Parbati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parbati_River_(Rajasthan)" title="Parbati River (Rajasthan)">Parbati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahuj_River" title="Pahuj River">Pahuj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shipra_River" title="Shipra River">Shipra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindh_River" title="Sindh River">Sindh</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Godavari_River" title="Godavari River">Godavari</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darna_River" title="Darna River">Darna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indravati_River" title="Indravati River">Indravati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinnerasani_River" title="Kinnerasani River">Kinnerasani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjira_River" title="Manjira River">Manjira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maner_River" title="Maner River">Maner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranhita_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Pranhita River">Pranhita</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanhan_River" title="Kanhan River">Kanhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolar_River_(Maharashtra)" title="Kolar River (Maharashtra)">Kolar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulbehra_River" title="Kulbehra River">Kulbehra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag_River" title="Nag River">Nag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painganga_River" title="Painganga River">Painganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pench_River" title="Pench River">Pench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wainganga_River" title="Wainganga River">Wainganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wardha_River" title="Wardha River">Wardha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravara_River" title="Pravara River">Pravara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purna_River_(tributary_of_Godavari)" title="Purna River (tributary of Godavari)">Purna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabari_River" title="Sabari River">Sabari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindphana_River" title="Sindphana River">Sindphana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliperu_River" title="Taliperu River">Taliperu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agrani_River" title="Agrani River">Agrani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhima_River" title="Bhima River">Bhima</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bori_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Bori River">Bori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghod_River" title="Ghod River">Ghod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indrayani_River" title="Indrayani River">Indrayani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamini_River" title="Kamini River">Kamini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundalika_River" title="Kundalika River">Kundali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mula_River_(India)" title="Mula River (India)">Mula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mula-Mutha_River" title="Mula-Mutha River">Mula-Mutha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutha_River" title="Mutha River">Mutha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nira_River" title="Nira River">Nira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavana_River" title="Pavana River">Pavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sina_River" title="Sina River">Sina</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghataprabha_River" title="Ghataprabha River">Ghataprabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyna_River" title="Koyna River">Koyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaprabha_River" title="Malaprabha River">Malaprabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musi_River_(India)" title="Musi River (India)">Musi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venna_River" title="Venna River">Venna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warana_River" title="Warana River">Warana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchganga_River" title="Panchganga River">Panchganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tungabhadra_River" title="Tungabhadra River">Tungabhadra</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tunga_River" title="Tunga River">Tunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadra_River" title="Bhadra River">Bhadra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedavathi_River" title="Vedavathi River">Vedavathi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varada" title="Varada">Varada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedganga_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedganga river">Vedganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venna_River" title="Venna River">Venna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yerla_River" title="Yerla River">Yerla</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Narmada_River" title="Narmada River">Narmada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barna_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Barna River">Barna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choral_River" title="Choral River">Choral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudhi_River" title="Dudhi River">Dudhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River_(Madhya_Pradesh)" title="Kaveri River (Madhya Pradesh)">Kaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolar_River_(Madhya_Pradesh)" title="Kolar River (Madhya Pradesh)">Kolar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orsang" title="Orsang">Orsang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakkar_River" title="Shakkar River">Shakkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_River" title="Sher River">Sher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tawa_River" title="Tawa River">Tawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mahanadi" title="Mahanadi">Mahanadi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhargavi_River" title="Bhargavi River">Bhargavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danta_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Danta River">Danta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_River" title="Devi River">Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasdeo_River" title="Hasdeo River">Hasdeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ib_River" title="Ib River">Ib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonk_River" title="Jonk River">Jonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathajodi_River" title="Kathajodi River">Kathajodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuakhai_River" title="Kuakhai River">Kuakhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushabhadra_River" title="Kushabhadra River">Kushabhadra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mand_River" title="Mand River">Mand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ong_River" title="Ong River">Ong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pairi_River" title="Pairi River">Pairi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seonath_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seonath River">Seonath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivnath_River" title="Shivnath River">Shivnath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sondur_River" title="Sondur River">Sondur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surubalijora" title="Surubalijora">Surubalijora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tel_River" title="Tel River">Tel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telen_River" title="Telen River">Telen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kaveri</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amaravati_River" title="Amaravati River">Amaravati</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kodavanar_River" title="Kodavanar River">Kodavanar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanganjiyar_River" title="Nanganjiyar River">Nanganjiyar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkavathi_River" title="Arkavathi River">Arkavathi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vrishabhavathi_River" title="Vrishabhavathi River">Vrishabhavathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumudvathi_River" title="Kumudvathi River">Kumudvathi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siruvani_River" title="Siruvani River">Siruvani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyar_River" title="Moyar River">Moyar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemavati_River" title="Hemavati River">Hemavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabini_River" title="Kabini River">Kabini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollidam_River" title="Kollidam River">Kollidam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmana_Tirtha" title="Lakshmana Tirtha">Lakshmana Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noyyal_River" title="Noyyal River">Noyyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarabanga_River" title="Sarabanga River">Sarabanga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tapti_River" title="Tapti River">Tapti</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arunavati_River" title="Arunavati River">Arunavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girna_River" title="Girna River">Girna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomai_River" title="Gomai River">Gomai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzara_River" title="Panzara River">Panzara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purna_River_(tributary_of_Tapti)" title="Purna River (tributary of Tapti)">Purna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morna_River" title="Morna River">Morna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaan_River" title="Vaan River">Vaan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Penna_River" title="Penna River">Penna</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheyyeru_River" title="Cheyyeru River">Cheyyeru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitravathi_River" title="Chitravathi River">Chitravathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundu_River" title="Kundu River">Kunderu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papagni_River" title="Papagni River">Papagni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagileru" title="Sagileru">Sagileru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adyar_River" title="Adyar River">Adyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghanashini_River" title="Aghanashini River">Aghanashini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baitarani_River" title="Baitarani River">Baitarani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathappuzha" title="Bharathappuzha">Bharathappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmani_River" title="Brahmani River">Brahmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaliyar" title="Chaliyar">Chaliyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooum_River" title="Cooum River">Cooum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahisar_River" title="Dahisar River">Dahisar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_River" title="Daya River">Daya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangavalli_River" title="Gangavalli River">Gangavalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaggar-Hakra_River" title="Ghaggar-Hakra River">Ghaggar-Hakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali_River_(Karnataka)" title="Kali River (Karnataka)">Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangsabati_River" title="Kangsabati River">Kangsabati</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Karo_River" title="North Karo River">North Karo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankh_River" title="Sankh River">Sankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Karo_River" title="South Karo River">South Karo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Koel_River" title="South Koel River">South Koel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koina_River" title="Koina River">Koina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumaradhara_River" title="Kumaradhara River">Kumaradhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundalika_River" title="Kundalika River">Kundalika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luni_River" title="Luni River">Luni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahi_River" title="Mahi River">Mahi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gomati_River_(Rajasthan)" title="Gomati River (Rajasthan)">Gomati, Rajasthan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithi_River" title="Mithi River">Mithi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netravati_River" title="Netravati River">Netravati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oshiwara_River" title="Oshiwara River">Oshiwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palar_River" title="Palar River">Palar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamba_River" title="Pamba River">Pamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patalganga_River" title="Patalganga River">Patalganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Periyar_River" title="Periyar River">Periyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnaiyar_River" title="Ponnaiyar River">Ponnaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabarmati_River" title="Sabarmati River">Sabarmati</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sei_River" title="Sei River">Sei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakal_River" title="Wakal River">Wakal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savitri_River" title="Savitri River">Savitri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharavati" title="Sharavati">Sharavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shastri_River" title="Shastri River">Shastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subarnarekha_River" title="Subarnarekha River">Subarnarekha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kharkai_River" title="Kharkai River">Kharkai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya_River_(India)" title="Surya River (India)">Surya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarnamukhi" title="Swarnamukhi">Swarnamukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swetha_River" title="Swetha River">Swetha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tansa_River" title="Tansa River">Tansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terna_River" title="Terna River">Terna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamirabarani_River" title="Thamirabarani River">Thamirabarani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulhas_River" title="Ulhas River">Ulhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaigai_River" title="Vaigai River">Vaigai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaippar_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaippar river">Vaippar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaitarna" title="Vaitarna">Vaitarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vashishti_River" title="Vashishti River">Vashishti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasishta_Nadi" title="Vasishta Nadi">Vasishta Nadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellar_River_(Northern_Tamil_Nadu)" title="Vellar River (Northern Tamil Nadu)">Vellar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_India_by_discharge" title="List of rivers of India by discharge">List of rivers of India by discharge</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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href="/wiki/Chitravathi_River" title="Chitravathi River">Chitravathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chulki_Nala" title="Chulki Nala">Chulki Nala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandavati" title="Dandavati">Dandavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangavalli_River" title="Gangavalli River">Gangavalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghataprabha_River" title="Ghataprabha River">Ghataprabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurupura_River" title="Gurupura River">Gurupura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemavati_River" title="Hemavati River">Hemavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honnuhole" title="Honnuhole">Honnuhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabini_River" title="Kabini River">Kabini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali_River_(Karnataka)" title="Kali River (Karnataka)">Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karanja_River" title="Karanja River"> Karanja</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedaka_River" title="Kedaka River">Kedaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubja_River" title="Kubja River">Kubja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumaradhara_River" title="Kumaradhara River">Kumaradhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumudvathi_River" title="Kumudvathi River">Kumudvathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmana_Tirtha" title="Lakshmana Tirtha">Lakshmana Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaprabha_River" title="Malaprabha River">Malaprabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjira_River" title="Manjira River">Manjira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markandeya_River_(Western_Ghats)" title="Markandeya River (Western Ghats)">Markandeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netravati_River" title="Netravati River">Netravati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palar_River" title="Palar River">Palar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchagangavalli_River" title="Panchagangavalli River">Panchagangavalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papagni_River" title="Papagni River">Papagni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penna_River" title="Penna River">Penna (Uttara Pinakini)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnaiyar_River" title="Ponnaiyar River">Ponnaiyar (Dakshina Pinakini)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shambhavi_River" title="Shambhavi River">Shambhavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharavati" title="Sharavati">Sharavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimsha" title="Shimsha">Shimsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souparnika_River" title="Souparnika River">Souparnika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunga_River" title="Tunga River">Tunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tungabhadra_River" title="Tungabhadra River">Tungabhadra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varada" title="Varada">Varada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varahi_River" title="Varahi River">Varahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedavathi_River" title="Vedavathi River">Vedavathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrishabhavathi_River" title="Vrishabhavathi River">Vrishabhavathi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Waterfalls</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Falls" title="Abbey Falls">Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaje_Falls" title="Bandaje Falls">Bandaje</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barkana_Falls" title="Barkana Falls">Barkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chunchanakatte_Falls" title="Chunchanakatte Falls">Chunchanakatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devaragundi" title="Devaragundi">Devaragundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godchinamalaki_Falls" title="Godchinamalaki Falls">Godchinamalaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokak_Falls" title="Gokak Falls">Gokak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanumangundi_Falls" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanumangundi Falls">Hanumangundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebbe_Falls" title="Hebbe Falls">Hebbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irupu_Falls" title="Irupu Falls">Irupu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaladurga" title="Jaladurga"> Jaladurga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jog_Falls" title="Jog Falls">Jog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalhatti_Falls" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalhatti Falls">Kalhatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunchikal_Falls" title="Kunchikal Falls">Kuchikal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magod_Falls" title="Magod Falls">Magod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallalli_Falls" title="Mallalli Falls">Mallalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthyala_Maduvu" title="Muthyala Maduvu">Muthyala Maduvu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathodi_Falls" title="Sathodi Falls">Sathodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivanasamudra_Falls" title="Shivanasamudra Falls">Shivanasamudra or Cauvery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivganga_falls" title="Shivganga falls">Shivganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unchalli_Falls" title="Unchalli Falls">Unchalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajrapoha_Falls" title="Vajrapoha Falls">Vajrapoha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harangi_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Harangi Reservoir">Harangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebbal_Lake,_Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebbal Lake, Bangalore">Hebbal Lake, Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebbal_Lake,_Mysore" title="Hebbal Lake, Mysore">Hebbal Lake, Mysore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesaraghatta_Lake" title="Hesaraghatta Lake">Hesaraghatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honnamana_Kere" title="Honnamana Kere">Honnamana Kere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karanji_Lake" title="Karanji Lake">Karanji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Sagara" title="Krishna Raja Sagara">Krishna Raja Sagara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kukkarahalli_Lake" title="Kukkarahalli Lake">Kukkarahalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lingambudhi_Lake" title="Lingambudhi Lake">Lingambudhi</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="Kapu, Karnataka">Kapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kudle_beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Kudle beach">Kudle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malpe" title="Malpe">Malpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maravanthe" title="Maravanthe">Maravanthe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NITK_Beach" title="NITK Beach">NITK Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panambur_Beach" title="Panambur Beach">Panambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someshwar_Beach" title="Someshwar Beach">Someshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Islands" title="St. Mary's Islands">St. Mary's Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tannirbhavi_Beach" title="Tannirbhavi Beach">Tannirbhavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trasi" title="Trasi">Trasi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Dams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adyar_River" title="Adyar River">Adyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaravathi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Amaravathi River">Amaravathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arasalar_River" title="Arasalar River">Arasalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavani_River" title="Bhavani River">Bhavani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyyar_River" title="Cheyyar River">Cheyyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittar_River" title="Chittar River">Chittar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooum_River" title="Cooum River">Cooum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomukhi_River" title="Gomukhi River">Gomukhi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedilam_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kedilam River">Kedilam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodaganar_River" title="Kodaganar River">Kodaganar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodavanar_River" title="Kodavanar River">Kodavanar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokkiliyar_River" title="Kokkiliyar River">Kokkiliyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollidam_River" title="Kollidam River">Kollidam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosasthalaiyar_River" title="Kosasthalaiyar River">Kosasthalaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manimuktha_River" title="Manimuktha River">Manimuktha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manimuthar_River_(tributary_of_Thamirabarani)" title="Manimuthar River (tributary of Thamirabarani)">Manimuthar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjalar_River" title="Manjalar River">Manjalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyar_River" title="Moyar River">Moyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadari_River" title="Nadari River">Nadari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambiyar_River" title="Nambiyar River">Nambiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanganjiyar_River" title="Nanganjiyar River">Nanganjiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noyyal_River" title="Noyyal River">Noyyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pachaiyar_River" title="Pachaiyar River">Pachaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahrali_River" title="Pahrali River">Pahrali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palar_River" title="Palar River">Palar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pambar_River_(Northern_Tamil_Nadu)" title="Pambar River (Northern Tamil Nadu)">Pambar (North)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pambar_River_(Southern_Tamil_Nadu)" title="Pambar River (Southern Tamil Nadu)">Pambar (South)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parambikulam_River" title="Parambikulam River">Parambikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Periyar_River" title="Periyar River">Periyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnaiyar_River" title="Ponnaiyar River">Ponnaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siruvani_River" title="Siruvani River">Siruvani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swetha_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Swetha river">Swetha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamirabarani_River" title="Thamirabarani River">Thamirabarani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumanimutharu_River_(tributary_of_Kaveri)" title="Thirumanimutharu River (tributary of Kaveri)">Thirumanimutharu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaigai_River" title="Vaigai River">Vaigai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaippar_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaippar river">Vaippar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanniyar_River" title="Vanniyar River">Vanniyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasishta_Nadi" title="Vasishta Nadi">Vasishta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellar_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellar River">Vellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vennaaru_River" title="Vennaaru River">Vennaaru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adambakkam_Lake" title="Adambakkam Lake">Adambakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambattur_Lake" title="Ambattur Lake">Ambattur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avalanche_Lake,_Nilgiris" title="Avalanche Lake, Nilgiris">Avalanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayanambakkam_Lake" title="Ayanambakkam Lake">Ayanambakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berijam_Lake" title="Berijam Lake">Berijam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chembarambakkam_Lake" title="Chembarambakkam Lake">Chembarambakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetput_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Chetput Lake">Chetput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitlapakkam_Lake" title="Chitlapakkam Lake">Chitlapakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholavaram_aeri" title="Cholavaram aeri">Cholavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Lake_(Chennai)" title="ICF Lake (Chennai)">ICF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliveli_Lake" title="Kaliveli Lake">Kaliveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazhuveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazhuveli">Kazhuveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodaikanal_Lake" title="Kodaikanal Lake">Kodaikanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolavai_Lake" title="Kolavai Lake">Kolavai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korattur_Aeri" title="Korattur Aeri">Korattur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madambakkam_Lake" title="Madambakkam Lake">Madambakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhavaram_Lake" title="Madhavaram Lake">Madhavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maduranthakam_Lake" title="Maduranthakam Lake">Maduranthakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangal_Lake_(Chennai)" title="Mangal Lake (Chennai)">Mangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathiyampatti_Lake" title="Mathiyampatti Lake">Mathiyampatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mookaneri_Lake" title="Mookaneri Lake">Mookaneri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ooty_Lake" title="Ooty Lake">Ooty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallavaram_Lake" title="Pallavaram Lake">Pallavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parakkai_Lake" title="Parakkai Lake">Parakkai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paruthipattu_Lake" title="Paruthipattu Lake">Paruthipattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perungudi_Lake" title="Perungudi Lake">Perungudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porur_Lake" title="Porur Lake">Porur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perumal_Eri" title="Perumal Eri">Perumal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulhal_Lake" title="Pulhal Lake">Pulhal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulicat_Lake" title="Pulicat Lake">Pulicat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pykara" title="Pykara">Pykara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakkal_Lake" title="Ramakkal Lake">Ramakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hills_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Hills Lake">Red Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retteri" title="Retteri">Retteri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sholavaram_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Sholavaram Lake">Sholavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singanallur_Lake" title="Singanallur Lake">Singanallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirudavoor_Lake" title="Sirudavoor Lake">Sirudavoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukkadam_Lake" title="Ukkadam Lake">Ukkadam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thervoy_Kandigai_reservoir" title="Thervoy Kandigai reservoir">Thervoy Kandigai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiruninravur_Lake" title="Tiruninravur Lake">Tiruninravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valankulam_Lake" title="Valankulam Lake">Valankulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veeranam_Lake" title="Veeranam Lake">Veeranam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velachery_Lake" title="Velachery Lake">Velachery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellalore_Lake" title="Vellalore Lake">Vellalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Vennandur" title="Lake Vennandur">Vennandur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilinjiyambakkam_Lake" title="Vilinjiyambakkam Lake">Vilinjiyambakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villivakkam_lake" title="Villivakkam lake">Villivakkam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Waterfalls</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agaya_Gangai" title="Agaya Gangai">Agaya Gangai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyanar_Falls" title="Ayyanar Falls">Ayyanar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Falls" title="Catherine Falls">Catherine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtallam" title="Courtallam">Courtallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogenakkal_Falls" title="Hogenakkal Falls">Hogenakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalhatti_Falls,_Ooty" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalhatti Falls, Ooty">Kalhatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katary_Falls" title="Katary Falls">Katary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiliyur_Falls" title="Kiliyur Falls">Kiliyur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbakkarai_Falls" title="Kumbakkarai Falls">Kumbakkarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutladampatti_Falls" title="Kutladampatti Falls">Kutladampatti</a></li> <li>Law's</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey_Falls" title="Monkey Falls">Monkey</a></li> <li>Sengupathi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siruvani_Waterfalls" title="Siruvani Waterfalls">Siruvani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suruli_Falls" title="Suruli Falls">Suruli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalaiyar_Falls" title="Thalaiyar Falls">Thalaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirparappu_Waterfalls" title="Tirparappu Waterfalls">Tirparappu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulakkai_Aruvi_Waterfalls" title="Ulakkai Aruvi Waterfalls">Ulakkai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaideki_Falls" title="Vaideki Falls">Vaideki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vattaparai_Falls" title="Vattaparai Falls">Vattaparai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Beaches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Elliot%27s_beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Elliot's beach">Elliot's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Beach,_Chennai" title="Golden Beach, Chennai">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covelong" title="Covelong">Kovalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Beach" title="Marina Beach">Marina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Beach_(India)" title="Silver Beach (India)">Silver</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Dams and <br /> reservoirs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aathupalayam_Dam" title="Aathupalayam Dam">Aathupalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aliyar_Reservoir" title="Aliyar Reservoir">Aliyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaravathi_Dam" title="Amaravathi Dam">Amaravathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavanisagar_Dam" title="Bhavanisagar Dam">Bhavanisagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Anicut" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Anicut">Grand Anicut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalingarayan_Anicut" title="Kalingarayan Anicut">Kalingarayan Anicut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarajar_Sagar_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamarajar Sagar Dam">Kamarajar Sagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karuppanadhi_Dam" title="Karuppanadhi Dam">Karuppanadhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodiveri_Dam" title="Kodiveri Dam">Kodiveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnagiri_Dam" title="Krishnagiri Dam">Krishnagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Anaicut" title="Lower Anaicut">Lower Anaicut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manimuthar_Dam" title="Manimuthar Dam">Manimuthar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mettur_Dam" title="Mettur Dam">Mettur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukkadal_Dam" title="Mukkadal Dam">Mukkadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nallathangal_Dam" title="Nallathangal Dam">Nallathangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orathuppalayam_Dam" title="Orathuppalayam Dam">Orathuppalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papanasam_dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Papanasam dam">Papanasam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pechiparai_Reservoir" title="Pechiparai Reservoir">Pechiparai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perunchani_Dam" title="Perunchani Dam">Perunchani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathanur_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Sathanur Reservoir">Sathanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servalar_dam" title="Servalar dam">Servalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solaiyar_Dam" title="Solaiyar Dam">Solaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Anaicut" title="Upper Anaicut">Upper Anaicut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Bhavani" title="Upper Bhavani">Upper Bhavani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaigai_Dam" title="Vaigai Dam">Vaigai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varattu_Pallam_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Varattu Pallam Dam">Varattu Pallam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Hydrography_of_the_Indian_subcontinent98" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inland rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagmati_River" title="Bagmati River">Bagmati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beas_River" title="Beas River">Beas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betwa_River" title="Betwa River">Betwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagirathi_River" title="Bhagirathi River">Bhagirathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambal_River" title="Chambal River">Chambal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenab_River" title="Chenab River">Chenab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godavari_River" title="Godavari River">Godavari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandaki_River" title="Gandaki River">Gandaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaghara_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaghara River">Ghaghara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhelum_River" title="Jhelum River">Jhelum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali_River_(Karnataka)" title="Kali River (Karnataka)">Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaveri River">Kaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosi_River" title="Kosi River">Kosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luni_River" title="Luni River">Luni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahanadi" title="Mahanadi">Mahanadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahananda_River" title="Mahananda River">Mahananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahaweli_River" title="Mahaweli River">Mahaweli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghna_River" title="Meghna River">Meghna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narmada_River" title="Narmada River">Narmada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_River" title="Padma River">Padma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_River" title="Ravi River">Ravi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasvati_River" title="Sarasvati River">Sarasvati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankosh_River" title="Sankosh River">Sankosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_River" title="Sharda River">Sharda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Son River">Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutlej" title="Sutlej">Sutlej</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapti_River" title="Tapti River">Tapti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamuna" title="Yamuna">Yamuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inland lakes, deltas, etc.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Basin" title="Ganges Basin">Ganges Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_River_Delta" title="Indus River Delta">Indus Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dal_Lake" title="Dal Lake">Dal Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pookode_Lake" title="Pookode Lake">Pookode Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roopkund" title="Roopkund">Skeleton Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilika_Lake" title="Chilika Lake">Chilika Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powai_Lake" title="Powai Lake">Lake Powai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borith_Lake" title="Borith Lake">Borith Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saiful_Muluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Saiful Muluk">Saiful Muluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosaikunda" title="Gosaikunda">Gosaikunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizam_Sagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam Sagar">Nizam Sagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hills_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Hills Lake">Red Hills Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malampuzha" title="Malampuzha">Malampuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_backwaters" title="Kerala backwaters">Kerala backwaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulicat_Lake" title="Pulicat Lake">Pulicat Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coastal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Kutch" title="Gulf of Kutch">Gulf of Kutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Khambhat" title="Gulf of Khambhat">Gulf of Khambhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mannar" title="Gulf of Mannar">Gulf of Mannar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a></li> <li><a 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