• Origin: Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range, Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka.
• Other Name: The Cauvery River (Kaveri) is designated as the ‘Dakshin Bharat ki Ganga’ or ‘the Ganga of the South’.
• Basin States: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry
• Passing States: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
• Borders: It is bordered on the west by the Western Ghats, on the east and south by the Eastern Ghats, and the north by the ridges that separate it from the Krishna and Pennar basins.
• Major Dams: Krishnarajasagar in Karnataka, Mettur dam in Tamil Nadu..
• Waterfall: Hogennekkal Falls.
• Important Tributaries
  • Left – Harangi, Hemavati, Shimsha, and Arkavati rivers.
  • Right – Lakshmana Tirtha, Kabbani, Suvarnavati, Bhavani, Noyil, and Amaravati rivers.

Source: The Hindu