Irrawaddy River
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Irrawaddy (ဧရာဝတီမြစ်) | |
Ayeyarwady | |
River | |
The new Irrawaddy Brig at Sagaing, Ava Brig behind
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Kintra | Burma |
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Tributaries | |
- left | Chindwin, Mu |
- right | Myitnge |
Ceeties | Myitkyina, Mandalay, Bhamo |
Soorce | Mali River[1] |
- coordinates | 28°22′0″N 97°23′0″E / 28.36667°N 97.38333°E |
Seicontar soorce | N'Mai River |
- coordinates | 28°4′0″N 98°8′0″E / 28.06667°N 98.13333°E |
Soorce confluence | |
- location | Damphet, Kachin State |
- elevation | 147 m (482 ft) |
- coordinates | 25°42′0″N 97°30′0″E / 25.70000°N 97.50000°E |
Mooth | Andaman Sea |
- location | Ale-ywa, Ayeyarwady Diveesion, Burma |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 15°51′19″N 95°14′27″E / 15.85528°N 95.24083°ECoordinates: 15°51′19″N 95°14′27″E / 15.85528°N 95.24083°E |
Lenth | 2,170 km (1,348 mi) |
Basin | 413,710 km2 (159,734 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 13,000 m3/s (459,091 cu ft/s) |
- max | 32,600 m3/s (1,151,258 cu ft/s) |
- min | 2,300 m3/s (81,224 cu ft/s) |
Coorse, wattershed, ceeties an major tributaries o the Irrawaddy River
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The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီမြစ်; MLCTS: erawa.ti mrac, pronounced: [ʔèjàwədì mjɪʔ], an aa spelt Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows frae north tae sooth throu Myanmar.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ James R Penn (2001) Rivers of the World. Santa Barbara, Calif. [u.a.] ABC-Clio ISBN 1-57607-042-5, ISBN 978-1-57607-042-0. Page 115 paragraph 2, retrieved July 16, 2009