Myanmar Geography area
For Myanmar Geography area, Myanmar is covering an area of 261228 square miles (677000 square kilometers ). It stretches for 582 miles (936 kilometers) from east to west and 1275 miles (2051 kilometers) from north to south.
In the Myanmar's West and Northwest it borders on Bangladesh and India. In the North and Northeast is China and Laos and in the East Thailand, all direct neighbors of the country and sea (Bay of Bengal).
The most important watercourse of Myanmar is the Ayeyarwaddy river, which originates in the Eastern part of Tibet. It flows for more than 2,000 kilometers from North to South and thus divides the country into a Western and an Eastern half. The Ayeyarwaddy is passable for ships for a length of about 1,450 kilometers. That is the most useful for Myanmar in transportation. Myanmar Ayeyarwaddy River Dolphin is well known in the world.
The valley and the delta of the Ayeyarwaddy compose one of the most fertile, agricultural regions of the world. Most of Myanmar rice export is from that region.
Myanmar's political isolation over the course of the past decades is mirrored by its topography because on three sides, the Northwest, Northeast and Southeast, the country is flanked by high and almost impassable mountain ranges. In the Southeast the Andaman Sea forms its natural border and enriches seafood.
But not only are the mountain ranges screening Myanmar from its neighboring countries difficult to travel. The same can be said for the many more mountains range inside the country itself Myanmar.
In the Myanmar's West and Northwest it borders on Bangladesh and India. In the North and Northeast is China and Laos and in the East Thailand, all direct neighbors of the country and sea (Bay of Bengal).
The most important watercourse of Myanmar is the Ayeyarwaddy river, which originates in the Eastern part of Tibet. It flows for more than 2,000 kilometers from North to South and thus divides the country into a Western and an Eastern half. The Ayeyarwaddy is passable for ships for a length of about 1,450 kilometers. That is the most useful for Myanmar in transportation. Myanmar Ayeyarwaddy River Dolphin is well known in the world.
The valley and the delta of the Ayeyarwaddy compose one of the most fertile, agricultural regions of the world. Most of Myanmar rice export is from that region.
Myanmar's political isolation over the course of the past decades is mirrored by its topography because on three sides, the Northwest, Northeast and Southeast, the country is flanked by high and almost impassable mountain ranges. In the Southeast the Andaman Sea forms its natural border and enriches seafood.
But not only are the mountain ranges screening Myanmar from its neighboring countries difficult to travel. The same can be said for the many more mountains range inside the country itself Myanmar.
