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 |
|---|---|
| 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
