The Sittang is a river in Myanmar. The river originates at the edge of the Shan Plateau southeast of Mandalay, and flows southward to the Gulf of Martaban. Its length is 420 km. The River Thames in London River running into Harrietville Trout Farm A river is a large natural waterway. ... The Shan Plateau, in eastern Myanmar, is the primary source of the nations sapphires, rubies and other gems for which Myanmar is famous. ... Mandalay (Burmese: ) is the second largest city in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with a population of 927,000 (2005 census), agglomeration 2,5 million. ... The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar and west of Thailand; it is part of the Indian Ocean. ...
In Java, bitter fighting between the Allies and the Japanese continued on the Sittangriver defense lines.
In view of a possible Japanese invasion, martial law was imposed on the whole of the northern Australian...
The retreat over the Sittangriver followed when two brigades were stranded on the wrong side because orders to blow up the bridge were given prematurely...
The northern portion of this tract, which on the east touches the basin of the Salween river, is hilly; the remainder towards the confluence of the Salween, Gyaing and Attaran rivers consists of broad fertile plains.
There is, however, one true river of some size, the Hlaing, which rises near Prome, flows southwards and meets the Pegu river and the Pazundaung creek near Rangoon, and thus forms the estuary which is known as the Rangoon river and constitutes the harbour of Rangoon.
The second river in the province in point of size is the Salween, a huge river, believed from the volume of its waters to rise in the Tibetan mountains to the north of Lhasa.
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