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Kira Salak: Burma: 'River Of Spirits'  I wondered if the raft would ever make it to the termination of the river, nearly 1,000 miles away. I could hardly imagine that end for myself, the river opening wide,...
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IRRAWADDY RIVER AND RIVER TRAVEL IN MYANMAR | Facts ...  The middle portion of Myanmar is centered around the Irrawaddy River, with a large ... the Irrawaddy, which is navigable for about 1,600 kilometers (1000 miles).
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New river ship explores hidden Myanmar | Stuff.co.nz  Dec 29, 2015 ... To the residents of Kya Hnyat, the arrival of the Avalon Myanmar must ... huts more than 700 miles up Myanmar's Irrawaddy River, the arrival of the .... more than 1,000 miles southward through the centre of Myanmar to the...
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Korbulic and Stookesberry Target Irrawaddy First Descent in Myanmar  Jan 14, 2016 ... En route to Myanmar's Irrawaddy. Chris Korbulic and Ben .... Now with 1000 miles of river In front of us we have some new questions to answer.
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Yenangyaung - Wikipedia  Yenangyaung is a city in Myanmar, Magway Division. Yenangyaung is located in central Myanmar on the Irrawaddy River, 363 miles from Yangon. ... enemy-held territory to Imphal and Kohima in India, a distance of nearly 1,000 miles.
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J! Archive - Show #3559, aired 2000-02-10  In 1934 he & his followers began a 6,000-mile march from Jiangxi .... The Mississippi flows about 2,340 miles & empties into this body of water...
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River of Dreams, River of Destruction - Kashgar Tribal Artifacts - Life ...  Thailand is the world's largest rice exporter, but output will be down by 24%. ... From the north of the country, in quaint Chiang Mai, the highest rainfall in decades set ... Like veins taking blood to the heart, the rivers Ping, Wang, Nan and Yom carried ... City of Heavenforming the confluence of the mighty Chao Phraya, then...
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Red River | river, Asia | Britannica.com  Its two major tributaries, the Song Lo (Rivire Claire, or Clear River) on the left ... km) that extends 93 miles (150 km) inland and 50 miles (80 km) along the coast. ... a distributary of the Thai Binh River, 10 miles (16 km) from the Gulf of Tonkin. It is the outport of the capital, Hanoi, 37 miles (60 km) west, and is the country's.
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Mekong - Wikipedia  The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 11th-longest river and ... In 1995, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam established the Mekong River Commission to assist in the management and coordinated ... Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia.
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Yuan Jiang | Article about Yuan Jiang by The Free Dictionary  Chinese Yuan Chiang, Vietnamese Song Hong, chief river of N Vietnam, 730 mi long, ... In Texas it flows rapidly through a canyon in semiarid plains, but later in its ... 2 River, often called the Red River of the North, c.310 mi (500 km) long,...
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Geography Unit: 9 Flashcards | Quizlet  At 4,000 miles (6,400 km) in length, it is twice as long as the Mississippi. .... Its source is in Burundi, and then it flows through Sudan, Ethiopia, and Egypt on its route to the ... It flows through Mozambique before draining into the Indian Ocean. ... The fourth-longest river in Sub-Saharan Africa, is 2,200 miles (3,450 km) long. Its...
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World Rivers Review, Fourth Quarter 1994 - International Rivers  May 12, 2005 ... The governments of Vietnam and Cambodia have both offered to house the new secretariat. ... But this life-giving capacity of the Mekong and its tributaries is being .... The lower 2400-kilometer stretch of the river flows from the Tibetan ..... dams will reroute Laos' rivers through tunnels and turbines in order to...
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Niger River - Wikipedia  The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km (2,600 mi). ... The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the ... All the water from the Bani River, which flows into the Delta at Mopti, does not ... The Niger takes one of the most unusual routes of any major river,...
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Free Flashcards about WORLD GEOGRAPHY - StudyStack  THE IRRAWADDY RIVER FLOWS ABOUT 1,300 MILES BEFORE ..... THE MAIN PART OF CAIRO LIES ON 2 ISLANDS AND THE EAST BANK OF THIS RIVER...
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Port of Call Information - Cruises Inc.  The river port is about a four-hour journey through the Irrawaddy River delta, then ... The military regime changed the country's name to Myanmar and the city's name ... It's said that Yangon has the largest number of colonial buildings remaining in .... Sip one of the signature cocktails, like a Strand Sour (Mandalay rum, lime...
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MEKONG RIVER CAMBODIA | Facts and Details  Khone Falls (on the Mekong River along the Laos-Cambodian border) is the widest ... The series of rapids and falls are 6.7 miles wide, with a drop of 70 feet. ... Known properly as Khnephapheng Falls, Khone is six mile chain of cataracts.
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Rivers of Life: River Profiles - The Yangtze  ... provinces to its mouth, 3,720 miles, in the East China Sea north of Shanghai. ... over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, ... There is plenty of wildlife along the river as well which include the Tibetan...
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Yellow River - Wikipedia  The Yellow River or Huang He ( About this sound listen) is the third-longest river in Asia, following the Yangtze River and .... The buildup of silt deposits was such that even after the Yellow River later shifted its course, the Huai .... If it is running to the sea with sufficient volume, 1.4 billion tons are carried to the sea annually.
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Yangtze - Wikipedia  The Yangtze River known in China as the Chng Jing or the Yngz Jing ( About this sound listen), is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. ... For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation,...
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Chao Phraya River | river, Thailand | Britannica.com  For centuries the Thai have made use of the Chao Phraya, and particularly its canal ... The river's headwatersthe Ping, Wang, Yom, and Nan riversrise in the ... 140 miles north of Bangkok, the main river begins with the Ping-Nan confluence. .... Britannica and test your knowledge of country names and alternate names.
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Yukon River - Alaska.org  Sea Kayaking Trips ... From Dawson the river runs into Alaska to the first real access, the Taylor ... At Circle the river continues to run northwest and enters the Yukon Flats ... A string of native villages are through here, with Ruby 50 miles before ... as the northward flowing, smaller channel goes well away from Emmonak.