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Chinna Creek
Lagoon in Karachi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinna Creek (Urdu: چنا کریک) is a lagoon, within the municipal boundaries of Karachi, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea, located in the south-west region of Sindh, Pakistan.
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Coordinates | 24.834°N 67.00°E / 24.834; 67.00 |
Type | Brackish water lagoon and wetland |
Primary inflows | Boat Basin, Nehr-e-Khayyam and other sewage and wastewater channels |
Primary outflows | Arabian Sea, northern Indian Ocean |
Basin countries | Pakistan |
Max. length | 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi)[1] |
Max. width | 0.3–0.5 kilometres (0.19–0.31 mi)[1] |
Surface area | 6.0 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 1.0 m (3.3 ft) |
Max. depth | 3.0 m (9.8 ft)[1] |
Surface elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Islands | Minor mangrove islands |
Settlements | Karachi |
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Covering an area of approximately 6 square kilometres, it extends approximately 5.0 kilometres in length and spans between 300 and 500 metres in width, with depths ranging from 1 to 3 metres.[1]