Gyaing River
Gyaing River[1]) is a river of Kayin State and Mon State, in southeastern Burma (Myanmar). Its two major tributaries, the Hlaingbwe River and the Haungtharaw River, flow together to form the Gyaing[2] at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[3] It is about 45 miles long[2] and flows into the Salween River immediately above Moulmein, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (its mouth).[3]
The Gyaing is a wide river, but quite shallow with numerous sandbars.[2] It is navigable by smaller boats all year long.[2] Important towns and villages along its banks include Gadoe (Kado), Zathabyin (Zathabyeng),[4] Kalagong, Kawbein, Peinnegon,[5] Tarana[6] and Damathat (Dhammatha). The up-stream Gyaing forms part of the border between Hpa-an District and Kawkareik District of Kayin State, and downstream is the border between Kayin State and Mon State.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Map of Kayin State" Myanmar's net
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hunter, William Wilson (1881) The Imperial Gazetteer of India page 497, OCLC 278111153
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Moulmein, NE 47-14" U.S. Army Map Service, December 1959
- ↑ "Zathabyin Map — Satellite Images of Zathabyin" Maplandia World Gazetteer
- ↑ "Peinnegon Map — Satellite Images of Peinnegon" Maplandia World Gazetteer
- ↑ "Tarana Map — Satellite Images of Tarana" Maplandia World Gazetteer
Further reading
- Finch, Roger (2006) "Journey up the Gyaing" Stations of the Sun Somerset Hall Press, Boston, Massachusetts, page 91, ISBN 0-9774610-3-3; poem
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