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Myanmar is situated in the western part of the Indo-China Peninsula in South-East Asia between latitudes 09. 32' N and 28. 31' N and longitudes 92. 10' E and 101. 11' E . The country covers the largest area in the South-East Asia peninsula.
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Countries which share common boundariesh with Myanmar are Banglades in the west, India in the northwest, the People's Republic of China in the Northeast and Laos and Thailand in the east. The international boundaries it shares with these countries total approximately 3,800 miles. To the south of Myanmar lies the Andaman Sea, the Gulf of Mottama, the Bay of Bengal, which also extends to the western boundary of Myanmar. The length of Myanmar's coastline found along the various seas is 1385 miles, and extends from the mouth of the Naaf River in the north to the town of Kawthaung in the south.
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The total area of Myanmar is 676,577 sq.km. Myanmar is a country, great in length from south to north and narrower in width from east to west. It is about 1,275 miles at its longest point and about 582 at its broadest.
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Myanmar is covered heavily with hills and mountain ranges and most of them can be found in the north, east and west, whereas wide plains and valleys cover the central part of the country. The hills, mountain ranges and plateaus stand in row from north to south, with the higher mountains in the north gradually descending to lower heights in the south. Myanmar's geopraphical patterns can be categorized into four types, consisting of the highland plateaus in the east, the mountain ranges in the west, the central plains and the Rakhine coastal region. The geographical gradient is a descent from north to south, as a result of which its rivers and creeks have their sources in the highlands and mountains in the north and flow into the sea in the south. The four outstanding rivers of Myanmar are the Ayeyarwady, the Thanlwin, the Chindwin and the Sittaung. The Ayeyarwady River is 1,238 miles long, having the high utility value for Myanmar. The Thanlwin river is 796 miles long, the Chindwin 691 miles and the Sittaung approximately 186 miles.
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Myanmar has a monsoon climate, with three different seasons, the summer of hot season, the rainy season and the cool season. The summer season covers the period from March till mid-May, the rainy season from mid- May till October and cool season from October till February.Statistics regarding rainfall in Myanmar show an annual average of 200 inches in the Rakhine State the Tanintharyi Coastal Region and an annual average of 90 to 100 inches in the Delta region. In the rain-scarce Central Region, the rainfall is an average of a mere 30 inches per year.
In Myanmar, December and January are the coldest months and April and May the hottest. The noontime temperatures in Central Myanmar vary between 100. to 108.F and sometimes higher.
Natural Flora
( Native Trees )
Types of forests vary according to the amount of annual rainfall. Tropical evergreen forests can be found in regions where the annual rainfall is over 100 inches, whereas in regions where the rainfall is between 40 and 100 inches deciduous forests can be found. In regions where the rainfall is below 40 inches there are only scattered trees and bushes. But Myanmar possesses a large amount of valuable timber including teak.
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 Myanmar is rich in natural resources; nearly one half (47%) of the country is still covered with tropical forests. The river valleys, delta and coastal regions are very fertile for growing rice; in FY 1999-2000 the net sown area under various crops was about 25.04 million acres. Myanmar has vast potential for marine and fresh water fishing opportunities; a sizable surplus of agriculture produce particularly cereals like rice, beans, pulses etc is available for export. Crude oil reserves have been estimated at 1.5 billion barrels, and natural gas at 7.3 trillion cubit feet, metals like tin, tungsten, lead, zinc and nonmetallic minerals like jade, ruby, sapphine etc are also found.
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