Chinna Creek

Chinna Creek
China Creek
View on the Chinna Creek and its mangroves from the sky embedded into the city
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Location	Sindh
Coordinates	24°50′02″N 67°00′00″E / 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

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.

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]