Editing Kaveri (section)

== Course ==
The river arises at [[Talakaveri]] in [[Kodagu district]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="Springer">{{cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Sharad K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&dq=kaveri+river+course&pg=PA702 |title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India |last2=Agarwal |first2=Pushpendra K. |last3=Singh |first3=Vijay P. |publisher=[[Springer Science]] |year=2007 |pages=702–711|isbn=9781402051807 }}</ref> The source of the river is located at an altitude of {{cvt|1,341|m}} in the [[Brahmagiri (Karnataka)|Brahmagiri Hills]] of the [[Western Ghats]].<ref name="Data"/> 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 [[Deccan plateau]] and drops about {{cvt|18-24|m}} at [[Chunchanakatte Falls]].<ref name="Brit"/> The river forms the island of [[Srirangapatna]] and widens to {{cvt|900-1200|ft}} before flowing south-east.<ref name="Brit"/><ref name="Springer"/> At [[Shivanasamudra]], the river drops {{cvt|91|m}} and forms the [[Shivanasamudra Falls]], one of the largest waterfalls in the country.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Springer"/> After forming the island of Shivanasamudra, the river converges and passes through the [[Mekedatu]] gorge.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Singh">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Dhruv Sen|title=The Indian rivers : scientific and socio-economic aspects|publisher=[[Springer Science]]|year=2018|location=Singapore|pages=354–356}}</ref> After flowing for {{cvt|320|km}} in Karnataka, the river flows for about {{cvt|64|km}} along the Karnataka-[[Tamil Nadu]] border.<ref name="Data"/>

The river enters Tamil Nadu and forms the [[Hogenakkal Falls]].<ref name="Springer"/> After the falls, the river flows southwards towards [[Mettur Dam]] and joins its main right bank tributary [[Bhavani River|Bhavani]] at [[Kooduthurai]].<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Singh"/> The river flows eastwards through [[Erode]] and [[Karur]], and widens further before entering the [[Tiruchirappalli district]]. It splits into two branches with the northern part called as [[Kollidam River]] and the southern part of the river retaining the name Kaveri.<ref name="Data"/> After flowing for {{cvt|16|km}}, the two branches converge around the [[Srirangam]] island.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Singh"/> The river further branches off into 36 different channels before emptying into the [[Bay of Bengal]] near [[Poombuhar|Poompuhar]] in [[Mayiladuthurai district]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ramkumar |first1=Mu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Yq9BgAAQBAJ&dq=kaveri+delta&pg=PA286 |title=Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems |last2=Kumaraswamy |first2=K. |last3=Mohanraj |first3=R. |publisher=[[Springer Science]] |year=2015 |pages=286}}</ref> The river traverses for about {{cvt|416|km}} in Tamil Nadu for a total length of about {{cvt|800|km}}.<ref name="Data"/>

=== Tributaries ===
The Kaveri River has 21 major tributaries.<ref name="Data"/> The largest tributary [[Hemavati River|Hemavati]], and [[Lakshmana Tirtha]] join the river at [[Krishna Raja Sagara]].<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Brit"/> [[Kabini River|Kabini]] is another major contributor to the flow of Kaveri and joins the river in Karnataka. It meets with its second largest tributary [[Bhavani River|Bhavani]] at [[Kooduthurai]] in [[Bhavani, Tamil Nadu|Bhavani]] and two other tributaries [[Noyyal River|Noyyal]], and [[Amaravati River|Amaravati]] join further down the stream in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="Data"/> Other tributaries of Kaveri include [[Shimsha]], [[Arkavathi River|Arkavati]], [[Sarabanga River|Sarabanga]], and [[Thirumanimutharu River (tributary of Kaveri)|Thirumanimutharu]].<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Singh"/>

=== Discharge ===
Source:<ref name="Discharge1"/><ref name="Discharge2"/>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center;"
|+Discharge
! rowspan="3" |Year
! rowspan="28" |
! colspan="3" |[[Kallanai Dam|Grand Anicut]]
! rowspan="28" |
! colspan="3" |[[Lower Anaicut|Lower Anicut]]
|-
! colspan="3" |<nowiki> </nowiki>(m<sup>3</sup>/s)
! colspan="3" |(m<sup>3</sup>/s)
|-
!Min
!Mean
!Max
!Min
!Mean
!Max
|-
|1998
|170
|1,099
|3,454
|161
|885
|2,540
|-
|1999
|289
|1,131
|3,778
|285
|864
|2,845
|-
|2000
|343
|1,287
|4,903
|233
|1,011
|3,335
|-
|2001
|258
|1,080
|3,348
|309
|948
|3,115
|-
|2002
|139
|772
|2,392
|144
|867
|2,423
|-
|2003
|78
|667
|2,297
|216
|646
|2,100
|-
|2004
|103
|895
|3,303
|217
|839
|3,160
|-
|2005
|179
|1,012
|3,354
|240
|991
|3,873
|-
|2006
|268
|1,072
|2,495
|473
|1,091
|3,187
|-
|2007
|118
|993
|3,308
|324
|1,126
|4,075
|-
|2008
|132
|1,094
|3,677
|398
|1,103
|3,167
|-
|2009
|227
|1,040
|3,238
|290
|965
|3,301
|-
|2010
|373
|1,080
|3,141
|411
|1,022
|3,626
|-
|2011
|171
|1,163
|3,815
|296
|928
|3,014
|-
|2012
|190
|874
|3,342
|177
|711
|2,149
|-
|2013
|82
|1,043
|3,281
|229
|856
|3,127
|-
|2014
|279
|1,148
|3,663
|409
|980
|2,533
|-
|2015
|559
|1,422
|3,816
|407
|913
|2,177
|-
|2016
|490
|1,129
|2,890
|276
|728
|1,733
|-
|2017
|216
|931
|3,586
|154
|671
|1,832
|-
|2018
|341
|1,571
|4,439
|266
|934
|3,427
|-
|2019
|331
|1,473
|4,559
|173
|966
|3,070
|-
|2020
|591
|1,590
|4,373
|209
|983
|2,944
|-
|2021
|478
|1,502
|3,935
|257
|988
|3,136
|-
|2022
|548
|1,713
|4,916
|407
|1,172
|3,385
|-
!Overall
!
!78
!1,151
!4,916
!
!144
!928
!4,075
|}