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Irrawaddy River

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Myanmar's principal river and most important commercial waterway, flowing roughly 2,170 kilometers from the country's northern mountains south to the Andaman Sea through a broad delta. It has long served as the main artery of trade and transport through the country.

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Source Irrawaddy River (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Irrawaddy River
Wikidata Q26076, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Irrawaddy River (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Volcanism, Formation statement for target 23656
Quote, Shaped By: Volcanism, Formation statement for target 23656
Between Katha and Mandalay, the course of the river is remarkably straight, flowing almost due south, except near Kabwet, where a sheet of lava has caused the river to bend sharply westward.
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