Cooum River
The Cooum River, or simply Koovam, is one of the shortest classified rivers draining into the Bay of Bengal. This river is about 72 km in length, flowing 32 km in the city of Chennai and the rest in rural part.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort St. George and Napier Bridge.
Fort St. George
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
Fort St. George is a fortress at the coastal city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1639, it was the first English fortress in India. The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.
Napier Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ravichandar84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Napier Bridge is a road bridge over the Coovum River in Chennai, India. It connects Fort St. George with the Marina Beach, and is one of the historic structures and landmarks of the city.
Marina Beach
Beach
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km, making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chepauk and Triplicane.
Chepauk
Suburb
Photo: Nikhilb239, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, India. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, also known as the Chepauk Stadium.
Triplicane
Suburb
Photo: Nsmohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thiruvallikeni known as Triplicane, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Chennai, India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George.
Chintadripet
Suburb
Chintadripet is a locality in Chennai, in India. Located on the southern banks of the Cooum River, it is a residential-cum-commercial area surrounded by Chepauk, Island Grounds, Pudupet, Egmore, Anna Salai and Chennai Central…
Cooum River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in India
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Cooum River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Cooum”
- Catalan: “Cooum”
- Catalan: “Kuvam”
- Cebuano: “Cooum River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوم”
- French: “Cooum”
- German: “Cooum”
- German: “Kuvam”
- Hindi: “कूवम नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Cooum”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cooum”
- Japanese: “クーヴァミャール川（クーアム川）”
- Japanese: “クーヴァミャール川”
- Japanese: “コーム川”
- Maithili: “कूवम नदी”
- Malayalam: “കൂവം നദി”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاوووم چایی”
- Tamil: “கூவம் ஆறு”
- Tamil: “கூவம்”
- Welsh: “Afon Cooum”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nehru Nagar and Komaleeswaranpet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Napier’s Bridge and Walajah Bridge.
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