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Chindwin River

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Chindwin River

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river in Myanmar

Key facts

Country
Myanmar
Location
Hukawng Valley , Kachin State
Coordinates
27°3′26.7048″N 97°1′33.618″E / 27.057418000°N 97.02600500°E / 27.057418000; 97.02600500
Elevation
1,134 m (3,720 ft)
Length
1,207 km (750 mi)
Basin size
114,684.9 km (44,280.1 mi )
Average
(Period: 1967– 2009)149.7 km /a (4,740 m /s)
Minimum
(Period: 1966–2009)649 m /s (22,900 cu ft/s)
Maximum
(Period: 1966–2009)19,935 m /s (704,000 cu ft/s)
Left
Uyu
Right
Myittha

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Encyclopedic overview

The Chindwin River ( Burmese pronunciation: [t͡ɕɪ́ɰ̃dwɪ́ɰ̃ mjɪʔ]), also known as the Ningthi River (Meitei: [niŋtʰi tuɾel]), is a river in Myanmar and the largest tributary of the Irrawaddy River, which itself is the principal river of Myanmar.

Sources

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chindwin River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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