Question: What river does the MINIs on the Dragon take place near?

MINIs on the Dragon is an annual gathering of MINI Coopers in Robbinsville, North Carolina.  Started in 2003, the event takes place over the first weekend of May each year.  Each year MINI owners from over 30 different States and Canada make the pilgrimage to Fontana Village to participate in this event.  The event is in part named after the legendary section of US 129 known as "The Dragon" which runs from North Carolina to Tennessee and has 318 curves in 11 miles.  The event attracts over 900 attendees and over 600 MINI Coopers.  The record was over 800 cars.  The event primarily is attended by the newer BMW MINI Coopers but also attracts several classic Mini Coopers each year.  This is the largest grassroots MINI Cooper event in the US each year.  The event "headquarters" is in Fontana Village, a quaint vacation resort that was originally built to house the workers as they built the Fontana Dam during World War II.  Starting off as a three-day event, it has currently grown into its newer format of four days and includes a vendor alley, group dinners, a Brewswap, Bingo Night and a host of various drives and other activities, there is the Friday morning Dragon Parade, the Saturday night Midnight on the Dragon.  Brave MINI's gather at Deals Gap and at 00:00 depart and drive the Dragon. <SEP> Melattur (Malayalam: "മേലാറ്റൂര്" ) is a town in Malappuram district of Kerala.  It is situated on the banks of the Velliyar river.  The name Melattur came from the Malayalam words 'Mele' (above), 'Aaru' (river) and 'Ooru' (place); i.e., 'place near upstream'.  There are places named Edayattur (place near middle of the river), and Keezhattur (place near to the downstream) on the banks of the river Olippuzha.  The town is well connected to Perinthalmanna (17 km), Mannarkkad (24 km), Manjeri (23 km) and Karuvarakundu (11 km).  The shortest route connecting Kozhikode with Palakkad (via Manjeri - Pandikkad - Melattur - Mannarkkad, 134 km) passes through Melattur. <SEP> Series 1 of "The Great British Bake Off", aired on BBC 2 saw ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker.  Each week the nationwide tour saw keen bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline.  The rounds took place in various locations across the UK following a theme, for example, the episode on puddings would take place in Bakewell, bread baking would take place near Sandwich.  This first series had a voiceover by Stephen Noonan; for the subsequent series this role was taken by the on-screen presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.  The competition was won by Edd Kimber. <SEP>  The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing electricity demands in the Tennessee Valley at the height of World War II.  At 480 ft high, Fontana is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, and at the time of its construction, it was the fourth tallest dam in the world. Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain and Graham counties, North Carolina, United States.