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Amravathi River


Amravathi river is a tributary of the Kaveri river in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu. Having its origin at the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, it is 175 km in length. It joins with the Kaveri in Karur District. It irrigates over 60,000 acres of land in Coimbatore. Due to the heavy industrialisation in its basin, the river is highly polluted.