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Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.
Rivers and lakes of the city Terrain of the city; dark areas are swampy, medium areas are elevated regions. The islands of Mumbai in an 1893 map, before Salsette, Trombay, and Dharavi were merged with Mumbai Island to form Greater Mumbai Mumbai skyline as seen from Marine Drive
This makes the area earthquake-prone, up to a magnitude of 6. The island is mostly composed of black basalt rock. Since it is along the sea coast, it has a sandy belt on its western coast. The southern region of Old Mumbai is mostly at sea level. However, the parts which were erstwhile shallows are below sea level. Many parts of the city are hilly.
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1893 Map of Salsette Island showing Dharavi Island at top Left corner. Dharavi Island is located on the western side of Salsette, situated at the mouth of the Bassein creek. The island is named after the Dharavi Devi Mandir, a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Dharavi. [3] [4] The word, Dharavi translates to loose mud in Tamil language.
Map of Mumbai city district and Mumbai suburban district, with major roads, railways and water bodies. Coordinates: top=19.3274, bottom=18.8894, left=72.7692, right=73.1165. Date
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
The name Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई) originated from Mumbā or Mahā-Ambā—the name of the patron Hindu goddess (Kula Devata) Mumbadevi of the native Koli community [40] —and from ā'ī, meaning "mother" in the Marathi language, which is the mother tongue of the Koli people and the official language of Maharashtra.