Where does the Kaveri River originate?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Where does the Kaveri River originate?” The correct answer is Talakaveri. The Kaveri (Cauvery) River originates from Talakaveri in Brahmagiri Hills in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka at an elevation of about 1341 meters. Talakaveri is a sacred pilgrimage site for Kannadigas and Tamilians. The river flows southeast through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A river system includes its source, tributaries, distributaries, drainage basin, watershed, channel, floodplain, delta or estuary and final outlet. River behaviour depends on relief, geology, rainfall, snowmelt, sediment load, vegetation and human intervention. Examination questions often confuse a river’s source with its mouth, a left-bank tributary with a right-bank tributary, or a natural lake with a reservoir.