Two youths drowned while swimming in the Hemavati River near Henli village in Sakleshpur. Hemavati River is an important tributary of the Kaveri River. It originates in the Western Ghats near Ballala Rayana Durga in Chikmagalur District, Karnataka, at 1,219 m altitude. It flows through Tumkur, Hassan, and Mysore districts before joining the Kaveri at Krishnarajasagara. The river is 245 km long with a drainage area of 5,410 sq km. Hemavati Reservoir, built near Gorur village, has a storage capacity of 37.1 tmcft and irrigates 6.55 lakh acres in Mandya, Hassan, and Tumkur.
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