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Encyclopedia > Cooum River

Cooum River is the famous river which ends in Chennai;


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Cooum at AllExperts (268 words)
Cooum or Kuvam is one of the 2 "rivers" of Chennai, India, the other one being the Adyar River.
It is likely, that the River Cooum might have derived its name from such a usage.The River Cooum, once a fresh water source is today a drainage course collecting surpluses of 75 small tanks of a minor basin.
The Kesavaram dam diverts the river into the Chembarambakkam Lake from which water is utilized for the supply of drinking water to the city of Chennai.
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