Malad Creek or Marve Creek is a creek

Creek (tidal)

A tidal creek, tidal channel, or estuary is the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides, in the case that the subject stream discharges to an ocean, sea or strait. Thus this portion of the stream has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle...

 in north-west Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. Located west of Malad, the Oshiwara River

Oshiwara River

Oshiwara River is a river in Mumbai, India. It begins in the Aarey Milk Colony, cuts through the Goregaon hills, across the Aarey Milk Colony before emptying into the Malad Creek. On the way it is joined by another creek near Swami Vivekanand Road, before picking up industrial effluents and sewage...

 drains into it. To the west is Madh Island

Madh Island

thumb|Madh fortMadh Island is a group of several quaint fishing villages and farmlands in northern Mumbai.-Description:Madh Island barely escapes being called a peninsula since only a small creek, bounded by mangroves, cuts it off from the mainland near Aksa...

, and to the east lies Versova

Versova

Versova may refer to:* Versova - an upmarket neighbourhood of Mumbai* Madh Fort, also known as Versova Fort, in northern Mumbai.* Versova, Greece - a town in Greece...

. Earlier it was surrounded by a 1000 acres (4 km²) area of mangroves. But now this area has shrunk to 400 acres (1.6 km²) as the real estate prices in Malad went up. Malad creek is 5 km in length.