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	Ayeyarwady River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ayeyarwady River or Irrawaddy River (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီမ္ရစ္; MLCTS: ei: ra wa.
		The Ayeyarwaddy River bisects the country from north to south and empties through a nine armed delta into the Indian Ocean.
		The name "Ayeyarwady" is believed to have derived from the Sanskrit term "airavati", meaning "elephant river".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ayeyarwady_River (276 words)

	Myanmar Tour - Heritage Travels & Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ayeyarwady dolphins had been in the Ayeyarwady River for a long time but little systematic documentation or researches exist.
		This interactive fishing between the fishers of the Ayeyarwady River and the dolphins was documented both on video and still cameras by the tourists who had accompanied the father-son fishing team on their canoe.
		They revered the dolphins as the benevolent kings of the river but also loved them because "they dance like children." They knew the animals well and claimed to be able to identify individuals by distinctive features of their appearance or behaviour.
	www.heritage-myanmar.com /ayeyarwady_dolpin.htm (3095 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ayeyarwady
		Ayeyarwady AYEYARWADY [Ayeyarwady] or Irrawaddy, chief river of Myanmar, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers in N Myanmar.
		A leading town of N Myanmar, it is a trade center (including teak and jade), the extreme northern terminus of a railroad line from Yangon, and formerly an important town on the Ledo Road.
		Lying at the western edge of the Ayeyarwady delta, Pathein is accessible to large vessels; it is also the terminus of a branch of the main railroad line.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Ayeyarwady (667 words)

	Site of human-dolphin partnership becomes protected area
		The dolphin population in the Ayeyarwady River is one of the most threatened, specifically by electrocution from illegal electric fishing and entanglement in gill nets, and from mercury poisoning and habitat loss from gold mining operations in the river.
		Recent surveys of the river conducted by the Department of Fisheries and WCS found that the species range had declined by some 60 percent, and that only 59 to 72 individuals remained in a region some 1000 kilometers from the sea.
		Another positive development is a recent ban on gold mining in the Ayeyarwady and a recent survey conducted by WCS and the Myanmar Department of Fisheries found that the ban had been 100% effective on eliminating this threat from the river.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-06/wcs-soh062206.php (507 words)

	Looking for a Good Catch? Ask the Irrawaddy Dolphin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For fishermen on the Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar, the key to a good day’s catch isn’t bait or tackle; it’s a dolphin.
		Spanning 70 kilometers of the Ayeyarwady River, this protected area supports one third of the river’s population of Irrawaddy dolphins.
		Recent surveys of the river conducted by Myanmar’s Department of Fisheries and WCS found that the species’ range had declined by some 60 percent, and that only 59 to 72 individuals remained in a region approximately 1,000 kilometers from the sea.
	www.wcs.org /353624/irrawaddydolphin (380 words)

	Ayeyarwady Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ayeyarwady Division is a division of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (formerly the Irrawaddy River).
		The principal crop of Ayeyarwady Division is rice, and the division is called the “granary of Myanmar.” In addition to rice, other crops include maize, sesame, groundnut, sunflower, beans, pulses, and jute.
		The Ayeyarwady delta region was traditionally part of the Mon kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ayeyarwady_Division (344 words)

	CLASSIC CRUISE ALONG THE RIVER IRRAWADDY, MAGADO Travels & Tours Co.,Ltd
		All 66 cabins aboard the river cruiser are beautifully appointed with air-conditioning, ensuite bathrooms and facilities that guarantee your comfort and add to your pleasure.
		From this mighty river, which runs the length of the country, treasures can be admired which have for so long been hidden from the world’s gaze.
		The steel hulled vessel is 148 ft. long with a beam of 28 ft and a draft of 5 ft. Purpose built for plying the waters in the Delta region of the mighty Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) River.
	www.magadotravel.com /packages/indexcruise.htm (519 words)

	CDNN Eco News :: Gold Mining, Nets Imperil Rare Irrawaddy Dolphin
		According to the survey, river dolphin populations are so depleted that concerned researchers plan to submit a proposal that the Ayeyarwady population be classified as critically endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of species at risk of extinction.
		The river dolphin habitat is coastal tropical waters and mangrove swamps across Asia, from India to northeastern Australia and the Philippines.
		River-dwelling populations of the dolphin are found in Indonesia's Mahakam River on the island of Borneo; in the Mekong River, which forms a border between Thailand and Laos and meanders through Cambodia and Vietnam; and in the Ayeyarwady River which serves as the cultural and economic lifeblood of Myanmar.
	www.cdnn.info /eco/e030305/e030305.html (1098 words)

	Explore-Myanmar Booking conditions
		While the river is a major transportation link for tribal villages in the north and major cities in the south, its main function is to support life on the Ayeyarwady basin (Ayeyarwady means river of refreshment!).
		Some sections of the river are a bustle of activity as boats, oxen and people inter-mingle on the muddy banks, while other sections have only the sound of the wind whistling through ancient ruins of pagodas.
		Surprisingly the Ayeyarwady is not the most notable river in Myanmar (not to the rest of the world anyway): that distinction belongs to the Mekong River, which forms a natural border with Laos and China.
	www.explore-myanmar.com /The_Ayeyarwady.asp (857 words)

	Road to Mandalay, Myannmar
		As the Road To Mandalay meanders along the Ayeyarwady River, you can gaze at the surrounding beauty from the canopied Observation Deck, cool off in the on-deck pool or enjoy a cool refreshing drink from the top-deck bar, which is open all day and evening.
		While their great palaces which were built of wood have since burnt down or crumbled away, hundreds of temples and pagodas remain on the banks of the Ayeyarwady River.
		Framed on both sides by the great Ayeyarwady River, the main concentration of monuments is around the original city on the bend of the river.
	www.emcoinc.com /travel/html/Asia/RTM.htm (2755 words)

	Rare Asian Dolphin Threatened by Human Activities
		According to a recent scientific survey by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partners, the Irrawaddy dolphin may vanish from the Ayeyarwady River (formerly Irrawaddy) without efforts to protect these aquatic mammals from human activities along the river.
		During the recent 27-day survey of the entire length of the Ayeyarwady, researchers recorded only nine sightings of this rare dolphin, compared with 14 sightings from a 1998 survey along the same portion of river.
		The species' full range includes the coasts and rivers of southern Asia and Australasia; the most threatened populations of Irrawaddy dolphins are the freshwater lake and river populations.
	www.wcs.org /353624/193110 (448 words)

	Myanmar Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		The most densely populated part of the country is the valley of the Ayeyarwady River, which, with its vast delta, is one of the main rice-growing regions of the world.
		The Ayeyarwady basin is inhabited by the Burmans proper, a Mongoloid race who came S from Tibet by the 9th century.
		In the mountains of N Myanmar (rising to more than 19,000 ft/5,791 m) and along the India-Myanmar frontier live various Mongoloid peoples; the most important are the Kachins (in the Kachin State in the N) and the Chins (in the Chin Special State in the W).
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Myanmar.html (2201 words)

	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Orcaella brevirostris (Ayeyarwady River subpopulation)
		In the case of dolphins in the Ayeyarwady, this means that it would be appropriate to use 51, the sum of minimum estimates of group size from the December 2003 survey.
		During surveys in the Ayeyarwady River dolphin sightings were concentrated in geomorphologically complex reaches upstream and downstream of channel convergences (especially tributaries), islands, and defiles (where an alluvial channel becomes abruptly narrow and deep as it cuts through a mountain range, Smith and Hobbs 2002).
		Investigation of cetaceans in the Ayeyarwady River and northern coastal waters of Myanmar.
	www.iucnredlist.org /search/details.php/44556/all (2238 words)

	Burmese Destination guide by Thaifocus
		Running the full length of the upper and delta country the Ayeyarwady River is the lifeblood of Myanmar.
		Rising in the southern Himalayas, the river traverses the country north to south for 2170 kms (1350 miles), finally emptying via a vast nine pronged delta into the Andaman Sea.
		At Bhamo (1500 kms from the delta) the river enters the Shan Plateau region.
	www.thaifocus.com /burma/index.htm (433 words)

	Ayeyarwady Boat \| Ayeyarwady \| Travel Story and Pictures from Myanmar (Burma)
		The Ayeyarwady river runs roughly North-South through Myanmar, is an entirely Burmese river, and ends up in a wide delta west of Yangon.
		In that area, the river splits up in many smaller ones, all leading the water of the mighty river to the Bay of Bengal.
		People on the shore walking through the light morning fog, the sun rising over the river landscape, and then we came to the rescue of another boat that was stuck on a sand bank.
	www.traveladventures.org /continents/asia/ayeyarwady-boat.shtml (420 words)

	Myanmar Burma Ayeyarwady River Photo Gallery - 34 high quality images of the Ayeyarwady river - Stock photography, ...
		A selection of pictures of the Ayeyarwady river, the main river in Myanmar which crosses the country from north to south.
		The Ayeyarwady river photos were taken in Mandalay and Bagan.
		The river can be navigated from its mouth all the way up to Bhamo and in the rainy season up to Myitkyina - some 1500 km.
	www.molon.de /galleries/Myanmar/Ayeyarwady/?add=MY01909 (165 words)

	Bagan: Land of 2000 Temples
		Shot from the banks of the Ayeyarwady, it shows the relationship of the pool area to the dining and reception areas.
		The Ayeyarwady River is one of Asia's great river systems, and the Thiripyitsaya Sakura offers beautiful views of the sunsets on the river.
		It could be a moonscape, as the dry summer riverbed gives way to the river, which in turn abuts against the neighboring mountains.
	www.tracyanddale.50megs.com /burma/html/thirip.html (439 words)

	Ayeyarwady — FactMonster.com
		On a mouth of the Ayeyarwady is the capital and port of Yangon.
		The Ayeyarwady is one of the great rivers of Asia and serves as the economic lifeline of Myanmar.
		Chindwinn - Chindwinn, river, c.550 mi (890 km) long, rising in the hills of N Myanmar and flowing generally S...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0805514.html (223 words)

	AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The cultivated areas are concentrated in the Ayeyarwady River basin, while potential for further expansion lies mainly in upper Myanmar, namely in the Chin, Kachin and Shan states.
		Intermediate levels of rainfall characterize the Ayeyarwady Delta areas (2 000-3 000 mm/year), the Shan plateau (1 000-2 000 mm/year) and the transitional areas.
		The Mekong River forms the border with Lao PDR over 170 km, from which 36.815 km³/year can theoretically be considered as an additional external resource.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/aglw/aquastat/countries/myanmar/index.stm (2279 words)

	Explore-Myanmar Booking conditions
		Although Innwa is on the same side of the Ayeyarwady River as Mandalay and may be reached by following the river around, it is much easier and quicker to take a river taxi across the Myitnge River and then hire a horse and cart (at a cost of about 1500 kyat) over to the town.
		An artificial channel known as Myittha Chaung was dug from the Myitnge on the south to the Ayeyarwady River on the west.
		Built in 1934 using British engineering techniques, it was the only bridge to span the Ayeyarwady River until 1998 and was a major route to neighbouring India.
	www.explore-myanmar.com /Destinations_Innwa.asp (1271 words)

	Dolphins are friends to fishermen \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		For at least four decades, humans and dolphins have fished together on the Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar.
		But the Irrawaddy dolphin population on the river is critically endangered.
		Irrawaddy dolphins live all along the 1,000-mile Ayeyarwady River, in its deltas and estuaries and in other Southeast Asian waterways.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060706/news_1c06fish.html (365 words)

	Human-dolphin partnership site becomes protected area
		The area supports one third of the river’s population of Irrawaddy dolphins, according to the group, a species threatened throughout much of its range.
		“This is a big step forward toward saving this cetacean in the Ayeyarwady River and the fishery that benefits both humans and dolphins,” said the society’s Brian D. Smith, who has researched the dolphins for several years.
		The Ayeyarwady River population is one of the most threatened, according to the society: electrocution from illegal electric fishing and entanglement in gill nets, mercury poisoning and habitat loss from gold mining have devastated the animals.
	www.world-science.net /othernews/060626_dolphin.htm (450 words)

	Welcome to mrtv3.net.mm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kachin State in the northern part of Myanmar is the birthplace of Ayeyarwady river.
		The city, Myitkyina is a highly region on the bank of Ayeyarwady river.
		Khakaborazi Mountain in Kachin State in Myanmar is the highest and most beautiful mountain in South East Asia.The region where tributaries of Ayeyarwady River originate is unique and picturesque.
	www.mrtv3.net.mm /pages/ikachin.html (280 words)

	Newswise
		Fisherman that ply Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River get regular assistance from the river's Irrawaddy dolphins, which herd fish towards the waiting nets.
		The 70-kilometer stretch of river where this partnership occurs is now a protected area.
		Newswise — The government of Myanmar has established a protected area for, of all things, a partnership between fishermen and a small, gray beakless dolphin with a knack for herding fish into nets, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/521492/?sc=rssn (558 words)

	Road to Mandalay River Cruises
		The ancient land of Burma, now known as Myanmar, is however, an exception to the rule, and on board the Road To Mandalay we bring you the best of this fascinating, unspoiled country.
		At the end of the rainy season when the Ayeyarwady floods, join the Road To Mandalay for this incredible passage north.
		Along the Ayeryarwady river in Myanmar (Burma) between Mandalay and Bagan with occasional longer cruises to Bhamo and Pyi.
	www.rivercruisetours.com /asia/roadtomandalay.htm (2870 words)

	Cheap Cruises Orient Express Asia Ayeyarwady River Road to Mandalay
		Transfer to the Road To Mandalay berthed on the Ayeyarwady River.
		The rest of the day is spent relaxing on board observing the fascinating local river life from the top deck.
		Monday - Continue sailing up the river until Road To Mandalay arrives at the little Burmese village of Shwe Kyet Yet in the early afternoon.
	www.ecruising.travel /Details.aspx?id=2486 (1002 words)

	Ava - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Prior to this, Sagaing had been capital, but after Sagaing fell to the Shan, the court moved across the river to Ava.
		The kings of Ava set about restoring Burmese supremacy, which had disintegrated after the fall of Bagan to the Mongol invasion under Kublai Khan that ended the First Burmese Empire founded by King Anawrahta in 1057.
		Ava Bridge – a 16 span cantilever bridge built by the British in 1934, and the only structure to cross the Ayeyarwady River.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Ava (499 words)

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