Sittaung River

E798667

The Sittaung River is a major river in central Myanmar that flows southward into the Gulf of Martaban, playing an important role in regional transport, agriculture, and fisheries.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sittaung River canonical 7
Sittang River 6
Sittaung River estuary 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River

Sittoung River ⓘ
basinFeature floodplain agriculture ⓘ
mangrove areas near estuary ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry Myanmar ⓘ
drainageBasinFeature alluvial soils ⓘ
lowland plains ⓘ
emptiesInto Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
flowsDirection southward ⓘ
hasCharacteristic strong tidal bore ⓘ
hasEconomicImportanceFor Bago Region ⓘ
Kayin State ⓘ
Mon State ⓘ
central Myanmar ⓘ
hasEstuary Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
hasHazard bank erosion ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasSeasonalPattern lower flow in dry season ⓘ
monsoon-swollen in rainy season ⓘ
hasUse fishing ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
sand extraction ⓘ
languageRegion Burmese-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn Bago Region ⓘ
Kayin State ⓘ
Mon State ⓘ
central Myanmar ⓘ
mouth Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
nearbyCity Bago ⓘ
Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo

Thaton ⓘ
partOf Irrawaddy Basin ⓘ
playsRoleIn agriculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
regional transport ⓘ
region Sittaung Valley ⓘ
regionType agricultural heartland of Myanmar ⓘ
supportsActivity inland fisheries ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
small-scale irrigation schemes ⓘ
waterBodyType tidal river at lower reaches ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bago Region → hasRiver → Sittaung River ⓘ
Sittaung River basin → drainedBy → Sittaung River ⓘ
Sittaung River basin → partOf → Sittaung River system ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Sittaung River basin → majorOutlet → Sittaung River estuary ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Toungoo → locatedOnRiver → Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Sittang River valley region → namedAfter → Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Sittang River valley region → hasPart → Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Sittang River valley region → locatedOnRiver → Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Battle of Sittang Bridge → location → Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Gulf of Martaban → mouthOfRiver → Sittaung River ⓘ
Pegu Division → majorRiver → Sittaung River ⓘ
Bago Region → majorRiver → Sittaung River ⓘ
subject linked to: Pegu Division
Sittaung River → alsoKnownAs → Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
Myanmar coastal plains → drainedBy → Sittaung River ⓘ