Cauvery River basin

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geographical region river basin

The Cauvery River basin is a fertile and historically significant river valley in southern India, renowned as a cradle of ancient South Indian civilization, agriculture, and culture.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Cauvery basin 4
Kaveri River basin 4
Cauvery river basin 2

Statements (84)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
areaApprox about 81,000 square kilometres ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance center of classical Tamil culture ⓘ
important for Kannada literary and religious history ⓘ
sacred river landscape in Hindu tradition ⓘ
drainedBy Kaveri River NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award ⓘ
Supreme Court of India judgments on Cauvery waters ⓘ
hasDelta Cauvery Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantProtectedArea Bandipur Tiger Reserve (Kabini sub-basin) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (Karnataka) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (Kabini–Moyar system) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagarhole National Park (Kabini sub-basin) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Bhavani and Moyar sub-basins) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantTempleTown Kumbakonam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Srirangapatna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talakadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity Bengaluru (partly via tributaries and catchment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coimbatore (partly via tributaries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erode NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mysuru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salem (partly via tributaries) ⓘ
Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Srirangapatna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiruchirappalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorDam Bhavani Sagar Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harangi Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hemavathi Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabini Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mettur Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorIrrigationSystem Kallanai (Grand Anicut) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaveri delta canal network NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mettur canal system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Cauvery irrigation canals ⓘ
hasTributary Amaravati River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arkavathi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhavani River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhavani Sagar catchment ⓘ
Harangi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hemavati River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabini River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laxman Tirtha River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noyyal River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palar River (tributary of Kaveri in Karnataka, distinct from coastal Palar) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shimsha River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suvarnavathi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Chola dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoysala dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pallava dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pandya dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs cradle of South Indian civilization ⓘ
interStateDispute Cauvery water sharing dispute ⓘ
knownFor dense network of irrigation tanks and canals ⓘ
fertile alluvial soils ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
rich biodiversity in Western Ghats headwaters ⓘ
locatedIn Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puducherry NERFINISHED ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
majorCrop banana ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
millets ⓘ
paddy rice ⓘ
pulses ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
receivesRainfallFrom Northeast monsoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwest monsoon ⓘ
supportsActivity drinking water supply ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Talacauvery temple → associatedWith → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaveri River basin
Cauvery irrigation system → basedOnRiverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Kumudavathi → hasHydrologicalSystem → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery River system
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup → hasPrimaryArea → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery basin
Bhavanisagar Dam → locatedIn → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhavani basin
Perur weir → locatedInBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Madikeri → locatedNear → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
ancient Tamilakam → majorRiverValley → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Tamilakam
Harangi River → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaveri River basin
Iruppu Falls → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
KRS Reservoir → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Kumudavathi → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Markonahalli Dam → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Noyyal River → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaveri River basin
Shimsha Falls → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery river basin
Stanley Reservoir → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaveri River basin
Talacauvery → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery river basin
Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary → partOf → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Harangi Reservoir → riverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Hesaraghatta Dam → riverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery basin
KRS → riverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery basin
KRS Dam → riverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery basin
Orathuppalayam Dam → riverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
Stanley Reservoir Dam → riverBasin → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaveri basin
Chinnaru → riverSystem → Cauvery River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cauvery River basin (via Noyyal River)