Thane Creek is an inlet in the shoreline of the
Arabian Sea that isolates the city of
Mumbai from the Indian mainland. It comprises the area between Mumbra Retibunder and the
Mankhurd-Vashi Bridge. The creek is divided into two parts. The first part lies between Ghodbunder and
Thane, a section from where the
Ulhas river flows from the north of Mumbai Island to meet the
Arabian Sea on the west. The second part of the waterway lies between the city of
Thane and the
Arabian Sea at
Trombay /
Uran, before the Gharapuri islands.