Adyar River
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The Adyar River is a short coastal river in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that flows through the city of Chennai before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adyar | 2 |
| Adyar Creek | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| administrativeBodyInvolved |
Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust
ⓘ
Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ |
| associatedProtectedArea |
Guindy National Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Adyar Poonga
|
| cityRole |
forms part of Chennai’s drainage system
ⓘ
one of the two main rivers of Chennai ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ecologicalFeature |
mangrove vegetation (in estuary)
ⓘ
wetland habitat ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Chennai ⓘ |
| formsFeature |
Adyar River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Adyar Creek
Adyar ⓘ
surface form:
Adyar estuary
|
| hasIssue |
industrial effluents
ⓘ
sewage contamination ⓘ solid waste dumping ⓘ water pollution ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South India
ⓘ
eastern coast of India ⓘ |
| majorCityOnRiver | Chennai ⓘ |
| nearbyInfrastructure |
Broken Bridge
ⓘ
Kotturpuram bridge ⓘ Madhya Kailash junction vicinity ⓘ Kotturpuram bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Thiru Vi Ka bridge
|
| nearbyInstitution |
Anna University
ⓘ
Indian Institute of Technology Madras ⓘ Theosophical Society ⓘ
surface form:
Theosophical Society Adyar
|
| nearbyLandmark |
Adyar estuary backwaters
ⓘ
Elliot’s Beach ⓘ
surface form:
Elliot’s Beach vicinity
|
| passesThroughArea |
Adyar
ⓘ
Guindy National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Guindy
Kotturpuram ⓘ Mylapore ⓘ Saidapet ⓘ |
| passesThroughDistrict |
Chennai
ⓘ
surface form:
Chennai district
|
| risk | urban flooding during heavy rains ⓘ |
| riverMouthLocation | Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| state | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| subjectOfProject |
Adyar River Restoration Project
ⓘ
Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust initiatives ⓘ |
| supportsWildlife | migratory birds (in estuary region) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating (in some stretches)
ⓘ
drainage ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adyar Creek
this entity surface form:
Adyar
this entity surface form:
Adyar