Consider the following statements regarding Kaveri River in India 1 It is Originating in the foothil...........

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Consider the following statements regarding Kaveri River in India:

1. It is Originating in the foothills of Western Ghats at Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka.

2. It is flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

Kaveri also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name and Ponni. It is the fourth largest after Godavari and Mahanadi River in south India and the largest in Tamil Nadu which on its course, bisects the state into North and South. It flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths in Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu.