Cauvery River * Source: The river rises on Brahmagiri Hill o | IMAWITHLOVE
Cauvery River
* Source:
The river rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka.
* Drainage Basin:
It flows in a southeasterly direction through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and descends the Eastern Ghats in a series of great falls.
Before emptying into the Bay of Bengal south of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, the river breaks into a large number of distributaries forming a wide delta called the “garden of southern India.”
* Tributaries of the Cauvery River
Left Bank: the Harangi, the Hemavati, the Shimsha and the Arkavati.
Right Bank: Lakshmantirtha, the Kabbani, the Suvarnavati, the Bhavani, the Noyil and the Amaravati joins from right.
