Streams and Rivers In Nilgiri Hills

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Streams and rivers in nilgiri hills paint the exotic English setting for the wanderers and nature lovers along the mountainous slopes of sholas. Amidst the bluish rocky tracks, the unification of sky and earth can be visualized in the playfulness of sun and cloudy foam. The brooks form a picaresque background for spiritual, eccentric, scientist, biologist and city evaded tourists. The drainage of the land can be felt in the muddy and wet surface of the steep slopes. The gentle flow of the clear and transparent water escapes you from the bustling city life. In the depth of the natural rivers and brooks, you experience the transparency of life beyond life. The drainage of nilgiri district is the product of the tributaries and rivulets of major Indian rivers like Kaveri, Krishna and Godavri.

• Pykara: The largest river in the district is a twin provider of eco-economic growth and natural beauty felt with a mild effect of small rocky and rustic streams. The sacred river in the district is located on the vast stretch of 20km from the queen of hill stations Ooty. It courses smoothly along the rocky patches of north bending towards the west, culminating at the plateau's edge. Cascades and ponds are the recurrent water bodies it produces. Pykara falls catches the majestic beauty of tourists and Pykara hydroelectric dam is the electric base of the district.
  
  
• River Coonoor: It culminates in the 5km long fall formed at the junction of Coonoor and drains the mountainous area of Nilgiri.
  
  
  
  
• Kateri River: The Law's fall is the hot tourist spot in nilgiri district produced by this river.
  
  

• Bhima: This is the tributary of Kaveri which drains the agricultural tea and coffee plantations along the line of patches of shoals and grassland.
  
  
• Bhavani: The major and the second largest tributary of Kaveri is the agricultural and economic base of the district. The river passes through the area of Coimbatore district wetting the lands of sloppy hills and plateau's of nilgiri. It drains the south coast of nilgiri. The twelve rivulets of this sacred river of the todas wet the nilgiri hills. It merges with Kunda in nilgiri to visually draw a boundary along the extensive Nilgiri dividing Kerala and Tamil Nadu along the length of 5km.
  
  
• Cauvery:The rise in the Brahmigri hills absorbs almost the minor and major streamlets originating in the hilly and rocky land of nilgiri. The local brooks of the mountains possess variety of fishes which can be seen with the naked eye on the surface of the water.
  
  
  
  

The diversity of nature and water bodies is a bed for the fisheries of the state and national departments. The variety of flora and fish species in the rivers gives impetus to the fisheries research. The richness in the abundance in the hydro capacity of the nilgiri gives opportunity for the complete exploration of the local and migratory river courses. The rivers and streams in Nilgiri hills complete the desired picture of adventurers, trekkers, mild lovers and government.