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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

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River of Burma, which rises in China about latitude 25° N., and flows in a south-westerly direction through the Kachin Hills and Bhamo District into the Irrawaddy, which it reaches 2 miles above the town of Bhamo. It enters the Irrawaddy plain at Myothit, and up to this point is navigable for launches in the rains. The river is about 150 miles in length, its course in British territory being about one-third of its total length. In the flood season the stream is erratic, and villages on its banks have at times been washed away by the shifting of its channel.