Bassein River (Ngawun)

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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.

Bassein River (Ngawun)

A river of Burma, being the most westerly of the waterways through which the waters of the Irrawaddy find their way to the sea. It leaves the main channel a few miles above the town of Henzada, and flows in a south-westerly direction, past the towns of Lemyethna and Ngathainggyaung-Daunggyi, through the flat delta country, to Bassein, and thence, after a total course of 200 miles, into the Bay of Bengal immediately north of the Alguada Reef light- house, at about the i6th parallel of latitude. Bassein, famous in the past as a commercial emporium, and still important as a rice-shipping centre, lies on its left or eastern bank, at a point about 75 miles from where it flows into the sea. Ocean steamers can proceed up as far as Bassein, and the river is navigable by light-draught launches through- out its entire length during the rainy season.