Cooum River
Cooum River is the shortest river draining into the Bay of Bengal. This river is about 72 km in length, flowing 32 km in the Urban part and the rest in rural part. The river is highly polluted in the urban area (Chennai). Along with the Adyar River running parallel to the south, the river trifurcates the city and separates Northern Chennai from Central Chennai.
Its source is in a place by the same name 'Cooum' or 'Koovam' in Tiruvallur district adjoining Chennai district. Owing to intensive use of surface water upstream for agriculture, indiscriminate pumping of groundwater leading to reduced base flow in the river, formation of sand bar at the mouth of the river, discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents and encroachment along the banks, the river, especially the downstream, has been highly polluted.[1]
Cooum River Media
- Causeway at the Cooum Delta, Chennai.jpg
Causeway at the mouth of Cooum in the Bay of Bengal
- Cooum Delta with sand dunes and tidal barrier.jpg
Tidal barriers at the Cooum Delta
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Coovum river as seen from the Napier Bridge
- Island Grounds - Chennai.JPG
Annual trade fair held at the Island Grounds
- Cooum River joining the Bay of Bengal.jpg
Cooum River joining the Bay of Bengal
Periyar Bridge across the Coovum River
- Cooum River.jpg
The river is one of the most polluted waterbodies in the country
- Coast Guard building on the banks of Cooum.jpg
Coast Guard building on the banks of Cooum
References
- ↑ Suresh, S. (14 July 2012). A River for All Seasons. Chennai: The Times Group. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2012/07/14&PageLabel=49&EntityId=Ar04900&ViewMode=HTML. Retrieved 14 July 2012.