Question

Which river makes the second biggest waterfall in India?

Answer 1

Hint: Waterfall is an area where water literally falls vertically from a height in the course of a river or stream. The river that has the second-largest waterfall flows through the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This river serves as a sacred river.

Complete answer:
The river Kaveri forms the second biggest waterfall in India that is known as the Shivanasamudra Falls. The island town of this fall separates the river into twin waterfalls which creates the fourth largest island in the course of the river. Also, we can observe many ancient temples there which likely shows the presence of a village.

The Shivanasamudra is a segmented waterfall which means that the flow of water gets broken into two to three channels before falling over a cliff which leads to the formation of multiple sides by the side waterfalls. The average width of the falls is 305 meters, a height of 98 meters and an average volume of 934 cubic meters per second. It is a perennial kind of waterfall.

The river Kaveri is often spelt as Cauvery too. It rises at the Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Kodagu district of the state of Karnataka at an elevation of 1,341 m above mean sea level and flows for about 800 km before it falls into the Bay of Bengal.

Therefore the correct answer is ‘Kaveri’.

Note:
- The Kaveri before getting emptied into the Bay of Bengal breaks into a large number of distributaries that forms a wide delta called the garden of southern India.
- The river Kaveri plays an important role in many irrigation canal projects.
- Kaveri originates from Kodagu and so the Kannadigas has a special place for the river and is regarded as the Goddess Kaveri.