The Dawei River or Tavoy River ( my, ထားဝယ်မြစ်) is a river of the
Tanintharyi Region
Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ; ...
,
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 ...
.
Geography
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 flows from north to south, the northern branch of the
Tenasserim River
The Great Tenasserim River or the Tanintharyi River is a major river of southeastern Burma. It flows through the Tanintharyi Region, past the town of Tanintharyi, and enters the sea at Myeik (Mergui). The river rises from the Tenasserim Range at ...
running parallel to it. It ends in the
Andaman Sea coast. In the last stretch of its course it forms a navigable
estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...
before it meets the sea.
Off the shore there are a number of small islands on the western side of the estuarine area.
Dawei
Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...
(Tavoy) town is located at the head of the estuary by the river at a distance about 40 km from its mouth.
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See also
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List of rivers in Burma
This is a list of rivers in Myanmar (also known as Burma).
This list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Indian Ocean
* Nāf River
* Kaladan River
* Lemro Ri ...
References
External links
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Tavoy deep-sea port project brings fears of relocation
Rivers of Myanmar
Tanintharyi Region
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