Ulhas River
The
Ulhas River is a river of western
India. It originates near Karjat in the
Western Ghats Range, and flows westward through
Raigad and
Thane districts of
Maharashtra north to
Ulhasnagar (to which it gives its name) and on to
Kalyan, where it turns west to
Thane. At Thane the river splits into two branches which flow west and south, respectively, around
Salsette Island, on which lies the metropolis of
Mumbai. Both branches are
estuarine, and lie on seismic fault lines. The main branch turns northwestward to Ghodbunder, where it opens into the estuary of
Vasai Creek.
Thane Creek flows south to empty into
Bombay Harbour. The estuary of the Ulhas is the site of the historical ports of Kalyan,
Kopri (Chersonesus/Coprostaneum) and Shurparaka (now
Sopara).
It also flows close to the suburbs of Badlapur .