Lyari River

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The Lyari River is a small, heavily polluted seasonal river flowing through Karachi, Pakistan, that has become a major urban drainage channel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
urban drainage channel
adjacentInfrastructure Lyari Expressway NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
emptiesInto Arabian Sea NERFINISHED
flowsDirection north to south
flowsIntoWaterBody Karachi Harbour NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Karachi NERFINISHED
hasAdjacentLandUse high-density residential areas
industrial areas
hasAdjacentSettlement informal settlements
hasBridge Lyari Expressway bridges NERFINISHED
hasEnvironmentalConcern contaminated sediments
degraded aquatic ecosystem
loss of biodiversity
hasEnvironmentalIssue industrial pollution
sewage contamination
solid waste dumping
water pollution
hasIssue encroachment on riverbanks
flooding risk
public health hazard
hasManagementAuthority local government of Karachi
hasManagementChallenge flood control
solid waste management
wastewater treatment
hasNameOrigin Lyari neighborhood of Karachi NERFINISHED
hasPollutionSource domestic sewage
industrial effluents
municipal waste
slaughterhouse waste
isSmallerThan Malir River NERFINISHED
locatedIn Karachi NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sindh NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInCountry Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion South Asia NERFINISHED
mouthLocatedIn Arabian Sea NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Karachi NERFINISHED
partOf drainage system of Karachi
passesNear Karachi Port NERFINISHED
passesThrough Lyari Town NERFINISHED
central Karachi
usedAs stormwater drain
urban drainage channel
watercourseType ephemeral stream
seasonal stream

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