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Water Resources Potential of Myanmar By Myint Thein Assistant Director Irrigation Department Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Myanmar Location of Myanmar - Area of Myanmar covers 261228 square miles. - Situated in South-East Asia peninsula. - It is characterized by mountain ranges in the East and the West and a long coastal strip in the South. - 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 - There are four main river systems namely the Ayeyarwady, the Thanlwin, the Chindwin and the Sittoung. - 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 Thank you very much for your attention