The Ye River is a river of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. It has its source in the
Tenasserim Hills
The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range ( my, တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း, ; th, ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี, , ; ms, Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a r ...
and drains into the
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated from ...
along the
Mon State
Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...
coast.
Wa Kyun
Wa Kyun is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma.
This long island is located in the midst of a shoal or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of .
Geography
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is an island located 3 kilometres west-northwest of the mouth of the Ye River.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency] The Ye River flows through the eastern part of the town of
Ye town.
See also
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List of rivers of Myanmar
References
External links
BNI 7 July 2006 - Child and two women washed away by flooded Ye river
Rivers of Myanmar
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