Bride of Histories-----Irrawaddy

Irrawaddy is a famous river located in Myanmar(Burma).   At approximately 2,170 kilometers long.  The Irrawaddy originates at the confluence of the Mali Hka and N’Mai Hka rivers in Kachin State. Three major tributaries, the Chindwin, Shweli, and Myintge, meet the river as it flows south through Burma’s central heartland, and the country’s second largest city of Mandalay. It is also called the road to Mandalay and Burma’s most important commercial waterway.

The Irrawaddy is the fifth most heavily silted river in the world. The United Nations Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre lists the Irrawaddy as one of the world’s top thirty high priority river basins due to both its support of high biodiversity and high vulnerability to future pressures.  The river’s basin is 413,674 square kilometers, covering a remarkable 61% of Burma’s total area.

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Irrawaddy river