Myitnge River
| Myitnge / Nam Tu မြစ်ငယ် | |
|---|---|
Burma | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | China |
Ayeyarwady River | |
• coordinates | 21°51′49″N 95°59′28″E / 21.86361°N 95.99111°E |
• elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Length | 528 km (328 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 47,023.1 km2 (18,155.7 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 723.6 m3/s (25,550 cu ft/s)[1] |
Myitnge River (
Pali both mean "little river", by contrast with the Ayeyarwady or "big river".[3]
Source, course and outflow
The river rises on the Irrawaddy-Salween watershed, not far from the latter river, and flows westwards through northern
Ava Kingdom was built between its two branches, Myittha River which it gives off to the west and the eastern stream which retains the name Myitnge before it enters the Irrawaddy.[3]
Tributaries
- Zawgyi River enters the Myitnge about 20 km north of Kyaukse at Nyaungbintha.[5]
- Panlaung River enters near Ava.
Towns
History
The famous Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda on its north bank, built in 1053 by the
Tabaung (March).[7] Anawrahta constructed an irrigation system consisting of weirs and canals on the Panlaung and the Zawgyi rivers but found the Myitnge too wild to tame.[8] Three centuries later Thado Minbya (1364–67) built Ava as his capital at the confluence of Myitnge and Ayeyarwady rivers within easy reach of the rice granary at Kyaukse.[8]
Bridges
During the
Thunderbolts to attack the bridge.[11]
Myitnge River is today spanned by a new bridge, 700 feet long and 27 feet wide for motor traffic flanked on each side by a footpath 6 feet wide, and was opened in 1999.[12]
Dams
A 790
Notes
- ^ a b c "Middle Irrawaddy".
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 231.
- ^ a b For, Society (1835). Penny Cyclopaedia for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. C Knight, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain). p. 436. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ Scott, James George (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 743.
- ^ NF 47-09 "Mandalay, Burma" U.S. Army Map Service topographic map 1:250,000, Series U-542, first printing December 1959
- ^ Sao Sukham. "Buddhism and Tai People". Ceylon Journey. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ "Public Holidays/Festivals 2008". myanmar-tourism.com. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-206-1365-2. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ Gary Goldblatt. "CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Tenth Air Force)". Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ "10th A.F. Repulses Japanese Blows". CBI Roundup December 16, 1943. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ "The Myitnge bridge after attack by RAF Thunderbolt aircraft 22 March 1945". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ^ "The Dokhtawaddy Bridge". Perspective 1999. Retrieved 2008-10-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ U Win Kyaw; et al. "Yeywa Hydropwer Project, an Overview" (PDF). Vietnam National Commission on Large Dams. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ "Burma signs Contract with Chinese Corporation for Hydroelectric Project". redOrbit, 3 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
External links
Media related to Myitnge River at Wikimedia Commons- Shan state map by Asterism
- Change in the Landscape of First Millennium A D Myanmar Elizabeth Moore & U Win Maung (Tampawaddy), SOAS, pp 3, 10, 12
- Google map GeoNames
