Sittaung River basin
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The Sittaung River basin is a major river catchment in central Myanmar that drains a large interior region before emptying into the Gulf of Martaban.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sittaung River basin canonical | 1 |
| Sittaung Valley | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river basin ⓘ |
| bordersToTheEast |
Salween River
ⓘ
surface form:
Salween River basin
|
| bordersToTheWest |
Irrawaddy River
ⓘ
surface form:
Ayeyarwady River basin
|
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Sittang River valley region
ⓘ
surface form:
Sittaung River floodplain
tributary catchments of the Sittaung River ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| drainageDirection | southward ⓘ |
| drainageType | interior drainage to the sea ⓘ |
| drainedBy | Sittaung River ⓘ |
| drains |
interior region of central Myanmar
ⓘ
parts of the Bago Yoma region ⓘ parts of the Shan Plateau foothills ⓘ |
| economicUse |
fisheries
ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ navigation ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Gulf of Martaban ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
flooding and bank erosion near the river mouth
ⓘ
sedimentation in lower reaches ⓘ |
| floodRisk | seasonal monsoon flooding ⓘ |
| flowsThroughAdministrativeRegion |
Bago Region
ⓘ
Kayin State ⓘ Mandalay Region ⓘ Mon State ⓘ |
| hasEstuaryType | macrotidal estuary at the Gulf of Martaban ⓘ |
| hasMajorCityInBasin |
Bago
ⓘ
Pyinmana ⓘ Toungoo ⓘ
surface form:
Taungoo
|
| hydrologicalBasinOf | Sittaung River ⓘ |
| importance | major river catchment of Myanmar ⓘ |
| landUse | mixed agriculture and forest ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Myanmar ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ |
| lowerBasinTerrain | low-lying alluvial plain ⓘ |
| mainPrecipitationSource | Southwest monsoon ⓘ |
| majorOutlet |
Sittaung River
ⓘ
surface form:
Sittaung River estuary
|
| partOf |
Gulf of Martaban
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Martaban drainage area
Sittaung River ⓘ
surface form:
Sittaung River system
|
| region |
Sittaung River basin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sittaung Valley
|
| riverMouthLocation | Gulf of Martaban ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
salinity intrusion near the estuary
ⓘ
seasonal monsoon floods ⓘ |
| upperBasinTerrain | hilly and plateau margins ⓘ |
| waterResourceRole | important freshwater source for central Myanmar ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sittaung Valley