Adyar River

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coastal river river

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.

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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.

Adyar River → formsFeature → Adyar River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adyar Creek
Annie Besant → placeOfDeath → Adyar River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adyar
Annie Besant → residence → Adyar River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adyar
Chennai → river → Adyar River ⓘ