What is the length of the Cooum River?
Q: What is the length of the Cooum River?
A: The Cooum River is about 72 km in length.
Q: How much of the river is situated in the urban area?
A: The Cooum River flows 32 km in the urban part and the rest in rural part.
Q: What does the Cooum River separate in Chennai?
A: The Cooum River trifurcates the city and separates Northern Chennai from Central Chennai.
Q: Where is the source of the Cooum River located?
A: The source of the Cooum River is in a place by the same name 'Cooum' or 'Koovam' in Tiruvallur district adjoining Chennai district.
Q: Why is the Cooum River highly polluted in the urban area?
A: The Cooum River is highly polluted in the urban area (Chennai) due to the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents, encroachment along the banks, and intensive use of surface water upstream for agriculture.
Q: What is the effect of indiscriminate pumping of groundwater on the Cooum River?
A: Indiscriminate pumping of groundwater leads to reduced base flow in the Cooum River.
Q: What are some of the problems faced by the Cooum River?
A: The Cooum River faces problems such as the formation of a sandbar at the mouth of the river, discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents, encroachment along the banks, and reduced base flow due to the intensive use of surface water upstream for agriculture.
