Question

Distinguish between the following

Thamiraparani and Cauvery

Answer 1

Sr. No.	Thamiraparani	Cauvery
1.	The Thamirabarani or Tamraparni or Porunai is a perennial river	The Cauvery (also spelt as ‘Kaveri’), known as ‘Ponni’ in Tamil, is the fourth-largest river in south India.
2.	Originating  from the Agastyarkoodam peak of Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats, above Papanasam in the Ambasamudram taluk	Originating in the Western Ghats at Talakaveri in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, it passes through Tamil Nadu.
3.	It flows through the Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts of the Tamil Nadu state of southern India into the Gulf of Mannar. It was called the Tamraparni River in the pre-classical period, a name it lent to the island of Sri Lanka.	The river bisects the state into the north and south and finally reaches the Bay of Bengal at Poompuhar, also known as Kaveripoompattinam in Tamil Nadu.
4.	the river is about 128 kilometers (80 mi) long and is the only perennial river in Tamil Nadu. This river flows towards the north direction initially. However, it changes to east direction later.	The Cauvery basin is spread over 81,155 square kilometres (sq km) in the states of Karnataka (34,273 sq km), Tamil Nadu (43,856 sq km) and Kerala (2,866 sq km) and the Union Territory of Puducherry (160 sq km).