{"id":361327,"date":"2026-04-22T16:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=361327"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:15:34","slug":"adyar-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/adyar-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Adyar River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: A report by the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust submitted to the National Green Tribunal stressed the need for Adyar River restoration.<\/p>\n<h2>About Adyar River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361334\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-361334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?resize=380%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Adyar River\" width=\"380\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?resize=768%2C492&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?w=805&amp;ssl=1 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Adyar River is <strong>one of the three rivers of Chennai, along with the Cooum and Kosasthalaiyar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course: <\/strong>The river <strong>originates near Chembarambakkam Lake in Kanchipuram district<\/strong> and <strong>flows through Chennai<\/strong> before meeting the sea.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Length<\/strong>: The river has a total length of<strong> 42.5 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drains into<\/strong>: It drains into the<strong> Bay of Bengal at the Adyar Estuary.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adyar Creek: <\/strong>The river <strong>forms a backwater called Adyar Creek<\/strong> near its <strong>mouth<\/strong> due to sandbar formation.\n<ul>\n<li>This natural channel <strong>carries tidal water back into the sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological Issues:<\/strong> The river is <strong>affected by pollution from multiple discharge points<\/strong>, leading to <strong>poor water quality and very low dissolved oxygen levels,<\/strong> which harm aquatic life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A report by the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust submitted to the National Green Tribunal stressed the need for Adyar River restoration. About Adyar River Adyar River is one of the three rivers of Chennai, along with the Cooum and Kosasthalaiyar. Course: The river originates near Chembarambakkam Lake in Kanchipuram district and flows through Chennai&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/adyar-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adyar River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-361327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}