Kaveri

Kaveri (Cauvery), a river of southern India, rises in the Western Ghāts, and flows south-east, across Mysore and Madras, to the Bay of Bengal, which it enters through two principal mouths. Length, about 475 miles; drainage, about 28,000 sq. m.; flood discharge above the delta, 472,000 feet per second. The Kaveri is of no value for navigation, its bed being rocky, with numerous rapids and falls—as those at the island of Sivasamudram, in Mysore, famous for their romantic beauty. Other islands formed by this river are Seringapatam, in Mysore, and Srirangam, just above the delta. It is of importance for irrigation in Mysore and in Coimbatore district, but especially in the marvelously fertile delta. For this purpose the main stream has been dammed since the 4th century A.D., the Coleroon (the northern branch) since 1838.