{"id":273311,"date":"2023-12-11T17:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=273311"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:59:22","slug":"cauvery-basin-lost-nearly-12850-sq-km-of-green-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cauvery-basin-lost-nearly-12850-sq-km-of-green-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Cauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq. km of green cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Cauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq. km of green cover<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 11th December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have released a study on the natural vegetation cover in the <\/span>Cauvery basin.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the Key Findings of the Study?<\/h2>\n
\"Cauvery
Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1) Over 12,850 sq.km of natural vegetation in the Cauvery basin was lost in the 50 years between 1965 and 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Karnataka lost the most natural vegetation, accounting for one third of the lost cover, while Tamil Nadu accounted for one fifth share.<\/span><\/p>\n

3) <\/span>Overall, there was a 46% decrease in natural vegetation with dense vegetation cover reducing by 35% and degraded vegetation by 63%.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) Protected areas like Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, and Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary were most affected.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 For instance, Bannerghatta National Park saw its moist deciduous forest area drop from 50% in 1973 to 28.5% in 2015 due to human activities impacting the park and its surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where is Cauvery River?<\/h2>\n
\"Cauvery
Source: Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Origin<\/b><\/td>\nTalakaveri on the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu district of Karnataka.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drains into<\/b><\/td>\nBay of Bengal at Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
States covered<\/b><\/td>\nTamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Important Tributaries<\/b><\/td>\n1) Left Bank: <\/b>Harangi, Hemavati, Shimsha and Arkavati.
\n<\/span>2) Right Bank<\/b>: Lakshmantirtha, Kabbani, Suvarnavati, Bhavani, Noyil and Amaravati.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major Projects<\/b><\/td>\nKrishnaraja sagar dam, Nugu, Mettur and Grand Anicut projects<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Protected areas along Cauvery Basin<\/b><\/td>\nBrahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, Bannerghatta National Park and Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cauvery River Water Dispute<\/b><\/td>\nClick Here to read<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Geography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cCauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq. km of green cover\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 11th December 2023 Why in the News? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have released a study on the natural vegetation cover in the Cauvery basin. What are the… Continue reading Cauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq. km of green cover<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,11209],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-273311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":61,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702323508},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}