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The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a major river flowing across Southern India.It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari and Krishna.The catchment area of the Kaveri basin is estimated to be 81,155 km 2 (31,334 sq mi) and encompasses the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and the union territory of Puducherry.
Native to streams and rivers in India, the only surviving wild population is in the Cauvery River, leading to its IUCN rating as vulnerable. [1] It is widely aquafarmed, and introduced populations exist outside its native range. [1] [2] It reaches a maximum length of 1 m (3.3 ft). [3] This species and Cirrhinus mrigala are considered distinct.
The sanctuary, established on 14 January 1987 under Section 18 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1973, is spread over an area of 1,027.53 square kilometres (396.73 sq mi) [3] It lies in an elevation range of 125–1,514 metres (410–4,967 ft) ("Ponnachi Betta" is the highest mountain in the centre of the sanctuary [4]) with its northern and southern boundary delimited by the Cauvery River on the ...
The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile.It is native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshes, lakes, rivers and artificial ponds.
River Cauvery gushing through the deep and narrow gorge in Mekadatu, Karnataka. Narrow Flow Path of Cauvery at Mekedaatu. At Mekedaatu, the Kaveri runs through a deep, narrow ravine of hard granite rock. The river, which is more than 150 meters wide at the confluence (at Sangama) flows through the hardly 10-meter-wide gorge at Mekedatu. [3]
Laubuka trevori is a species of small fish of the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae, and the Danio subfamily. It was described in 2015 from specimens collected in the Cauvery River and its tributaries in the Western Ghats of India.
Garra mcclellandi, also known as Cauvery garra, is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra which is found in mountain streams in the southern Western Ghats of India. References [ edit ]
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