Kyaw River
Kyaw Chaung
Native nameကျောမြစ် (Burmese)
Location
CountryBurma
StateMagway Division
Physical characteristics
MouthYaw River; Pakokku District
  coordinates
21°27′17″N 94°30′47″E / 21.45472°N 94.51306°E / 21.45472; 94.51306
  elevation
141 m (463 ft)

The Kyaw River (Burmese: ကျောမြစ်, Kyaw Chaung) is a river of upper Burma (Myanmar) in Magway Division.[1] It is a major tributary of the Yaw River[2] which it enters just below the town of Pauk.[3]

Notes and references

  1. Kyaw Chaung (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, Kyaw River (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. United States Army Map Service (August 1960). Myingyan, Burma, NF-46-12, topographic map (Map). 1:250,000. Series U542.
  3. Hunter, William Wilson (editor) (1907) Imperial gazetteer of India (2nd edition) Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, page 77, OCLC 4542340

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