Download Water Resources Potential of Myanmar

Water Resources Potential
of
Myanmar
By
Myint Thein
Assistant Director
Irrigation Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Myanmar
Location of Myanmar
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Area of Myanmar covers
261228 square miles.
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Situated in South-East Asia peninsula.
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It is characterized by mountain
ranges in the East and the West
and a long coastal strip in the South.
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Myanmar is administratively divided
into 7 states and 7 divisions
comprising with 63 districts.
Climate of Myanmar
- Myanmar has three distinct seasons. The cold season comes
from November to January, dry season starts from February to
April followed by the wet season.
- Myanmar receives its annual rains mainly from the south-west
monsoon from mid-May to mid-October. 90% of the annual
rainfall in different regions of Myanmar are monsoonal.
RAINFALL ISOHYETES IN MYANMAR
Rainfall receives 5000 mm in
the south and western coastal
strips,
2000 mm to 3000 mm in the
delta, 1250 mm to 3000 mm
in the north and eastern hilly
regions and dropping to below
750 mm in central Myanmar.
Water resources potential
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There are four main river systems namely the Ayeyarwady,
the Thanlwin, the Chindwin and the Sittoung.
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Due to favourable climatic condition, the total surface water potential of
Myanmar is about 1000 km3 per year from ten major river basins.
Potential Water Resources in Myanmar
River
Basin
Number
Name of the River Basin
Drainage
area
(1000 * km2)
Surface water
(km3)
Ground water
(km3)
I
Chindwin
115.3
141.293
57.578
II
Upper Ayeyarwady
193.3
227.920
92.599
III
Lower Ayeyarwady
95.6
85.800
153.249
IV
Sittoung
48.1
81.148
28.402
V
Rakhine State
58.3
139.245
41.774
VI
Taninthari Division
40.6
130.927
39.278
VII
Thanlwin
158.0
257.918
74.779
VIII
Mekong
28.6
17.634
7.054
737.8
1081.885
494.713
Total
Climate Change
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