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Myanmar or Burma is the largest country in

Southeast Asia. Myanmar runs some 2090 km (1300 miles) north and south, from the lofty mountains of Tibet to the rolling tropical waters of the Indian ocean. Breadth wise, Myanmar draws out 925 km (575 miles) from the Naaf river on the Bangladesh border, to the Mekong river that separates Myanmar from Laos.
 

A horseshoe of hill-offshoots from the Tibetan Himalayas forms the strong natural frontier of Myanmar with Bangladesh and India in the west, with China in the north and northeast, and with Laos and Thailand in the east and southeast. Snow-capped Hkakaborazi (5885 meters or 19296 ft.), the highest peak in Myanmar and South East Asia, lies in Naungmong township, Kachin State, at the northern most tip of the country.

Just a few miles to the south of the tip, there is the famous  Diphu Pass, the strategic point where the three borders of China, India and Myanmar meet. Mountain streams from these slopes flow south to make the legendary twin-rivulets Meikha and Malikha, which later  conjoin (just above the Kachin capital Myitkyina) to form the famous river Ayeyarwady - Irrawaddy  in Myanmar - Burma.

Running mostly from north to south, three mountain systems in Myanmar cut through.

 - the Western or Rakhine Yoma, the Bago Yoma and the Shan Plateau - divide three parallel river valleys, the Ayeyarwady or Irrawaddy, the Sittaung and the Thanlwin.

The Ayeyarwady or Irrawaddy valley constitutes Myanmar proper.

Breaking News from Myanmar or Burma A tropical storm -Cyclone Nargis-  with up to 220-km-per-hour gusts(120-mph) crashed into the Ayeyarwady or Irrawaddy delta area between Yangon / Rangoon and Bassein / Pathein and other places in Myanmar early Saturday May 3. , tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and knocking out the remaining electricity, actually in Yangon there is no electricity most of the time anyway. The cyclones direction was into Bangladesh on Friday, but changed the path  into Myanmar instead. In the Towns of Laputta, Kyaik Lat and many other in the Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady -Delta 70% of buildings have been destroyed. Current figures are about 1 million homeless. Newest UN estimates are about 100.000 dead, the number are rising by the hour. Cyclone Myanmar - Burma Cyclone Myanmar Yangon - Burma The cyclone brought down water, electricity, telephone and internet. 4 ships sunk in Yangon harbor and 57 ships sunk in the area in total, Yangon airport have been closed down, is up again now, aircraft had to use Mandalay airport. Food prices are rising fast due to hording Cyclone Myanmar - Burma 1 Cyclone Myanmar - Burma 2 Cyclone "Nargis" destroyed paddy field in the delta region and in Mon State. The government is distributing basic food aid to the people, shelters have been opened. Cyclone Myanmar - Burma 4 Cyclone Myanmar - Burma 3 Burma Cyclone Myanmar disaster flooding in the Irrawaddy delta Burma Cyclone Myanmar disaster in the Irrawaddy delta   Burma Cyclone Myanmar heavy equipment the elephant   Burma Cyclone Myanmar after the disaster in the Irrawaddy delta

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Myanmar- Burma Cyclone Yangon destroyed school	Myanmar- Burma Cyclone Yangon damaged shrine	Myanmar- Burma Cyclone Yangon roadside homeless living
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Myanmar- Burma Cyclone flooded road Yangon	Myanmar- Burma Cyclone loading the rescue aircraft in Bangkok Thailand	Myanmar- Burma Cyclone unloading the Thai rescue aircraft in Yagon
Myanmar- Burma Cyclone Yangon destroyed pier or jetty	Myanmar- Burma Cyclone Yangon destroyed houses	Myanmar- Burma Cyclone flooded village in the Irrawaddy delta
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Cyclone Myanmar Yangon People	Cyclone Myanmar after the disaster	Burma Cyclone Myanmar Shelter

The great Ayeyarwaddy or Irrawaddy river flows down three different climatic region of Myanmar - Burma: the wooded Kachin heights in the temperate north, the dry belt that starts from the old capital Mandalay to the ancient Pyu capital Pyi (Prome), and lastly the vast flatness of the Ayeyarwaddy or Irrawaddy river delta. 

Ayeyarwady or Irrawaddy River near Yangon

These river valleys, with their tributaries and distributaries, all help to form the famous granaries of Myanmar, ancient
and modern.

At one time the paddy fields of Kyaukse and Minbu had fed old Bagan, Innwa (Ava), Shwebo and Mandalay
in old Myanmar - Burma. Nowadays, Bago / Pegu, Hinthada, Pathein and Myaungmya fields in the delta region are the top producers in Myanmar - Burma