Adyar River

Adyar is a well known river in Tamil Nadu and it is known to have its origin in the Chembarambakkam Lake. You can find the existence of the lake in the Chengalpattu district. Adyar is one of the two most noted rivers in India which fabulously makes its way through Chennai based in Tamil Nadu in India. Finally the river lets itself into the Bay of Bengal to form the Adyar Estuary. The river has a length of 42.5 kilometres and gives way to the estuarine ecosystem in Chennai. Lots of people take to sports like fishing and boating at the place. The river based life at the place is simply fantastic.

Adyar collects ample water from lakes and almost 200 tanks. And it even has its aqua source from small streams and rain water drains. It even gives way to a combined catchment area which is of 331 square miles. The city water is primarily drained into the Adyar River and the rest of water has its inlet to the Cooum. The river has a perfect starting at the Malaipattu Tank. This happens at a place called Manimangalam Village at a location called Sriperumbudur Taluk. This is the place which lies 15 kilometres on the western part of Tambaram at an exact location in Chennai.

Initially as the flow of water is less than the river appears like a stream and once it is supplied with water by the Chembarambakkam Lake, the joining makes the river really big and significant. You will find the river flowing through a place called Kancheepuram and it even passes through a region called Tiruvallur. All these places lie in Chennai District and finally it ends its journey in the Bay of Bengal at the particular place known as Adyar. Here the river ends to make the notable estuary and this has its extension from the Bridge of Adyar to a portion of the land in form of sandbar and has a perfect extension till the sea edge.

The River Adyar has some of the most interesting inlets in between. You find innumerable birds of several species making their ways to the estuary. The entire estuary is about 300 acres and here you have the most famous wildlife reserve which was established in the year 1987. At the mouth the river gives form to the most noted backwater region, and the part of the land is known as Adyar Creek, which gets its formation due to the sandbar. The creek forms a kind of natural channel and this way the tidal water is brought back to the sea.

You even have other geographical facts about the river. Adyar does not have the same depth everywhere. It has an approximate depth of 0.75 m in the upper region and covers a depth of 0.5 m in the lower region. The catchment area of the river is about 530 km2. The width of the bed ranges between 10.5 to 200 metres. It even has a flow in the Chennai Metropolitan area and its length is 24 kilometres at the place. Within the Chennai District the river flows for a distance of 15 kilometres. The approximate amount of water it absolves into the Bay of Bengal varies between 190 to 940 million m3. This discharge mostly happens during the monsoon season and that is likely between the months of September to December. A total of 40 ponds supply water to Adyar. From this you can simply comprehend the importance and essentiality of the water body.

Here are some of the most important bridges built upon Adyar River.

• Thiru Vi Ka Bridge and you find this in Adyar
• The Alandur Causeway and this is located in the West of Saidapet
• You have the Broken Bridge based in Foreshore Estate
• You have the Kotturpuram Bride at a place called Kotturpuram
• You can even name the Jafferkhanpet Bridge based in Jafferkhanpet
• In Adyar you can even find the Eliphinstone Bridge which is no more in usage
• The Maramalai Adigar Bridge even deserves special mention and it is situated in Saidapet
• At Manapakkam you have the notable Manapakkam Bridge

Course

The River Adyar has a wonderful course. The river maintains a neat journey by having a start at the Malaipattu tank which stands best at a place known as Manimangalam Village located at Sriperumbudur Taluk which is just 15 kilometres west of the Tambaram and the destination lies quite close to Chennai. With an initial shape of a stream it perfectly winds its way through Kancheepuram. The river even passes through places like Tiruvallur and Chennai and continues its journey for a distance of 42.5 km and finally ends its drive at Bay of Bengal. Adyar concludes its course by forming an estuary having n extension from Adyar Bridge to the particular sandbar at the sea edge.

Tributaries

River Adyar is not known to have any tributaries. However, it receives water from other rivers, streams and ponds.

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