# Ataran River

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{{Short description|River in Myanmar and Thailand}}
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'''Ataran River''' ({{langx|my|အတ္တရံမြစ်}}) is a river of [Burma](/source/Burma) (most of its course) and [Thailand](/source/Thailand) (the uppermost part). In Thailand, it is usually known as the '''Kasat River'''.<ref name=Botia>{{Cite journal | author = Vidthayanon, C. | title = ''Botia kubotai'' | journal = [The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/The_IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species) | volume = 2012 | page = e.T180972A1683769 | publisher = [IUCN](/source/IUCN) | date = 2012 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/180972/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180972A1683769.en | access-date = 9 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref> It merges into the larger [Gyaing River](/source/Gyaing_River) and [Salween River](/source/Salween_River) near the city of [Mawlamyine](/source/Mawlamyine). A main tributary of the Ataran River is the [Zami River](/source/Zami_River). The Ataran and its tributaries begin near the Thai-Burmese border and flow in a general north-north-west direction.

[[File:Ataran suspension bridge.jpg|thumb|Ataran suspension bridge near [Mawlamyine](/source/Mawlamyine)]]
Several fish species that sometimes are seen in the [aquarium](/source/aquarium) trade are native to the Ataran basin, including the [Burmese border loach](/source/Burmese_border_loach) (''Botia kubotai''), [humphead glassfish](/source/Parambassis_pulcinella) (''Parambassis pulcinella''), ''[Microdevario kubotai](/source/Microdevario_kubotai)'' and ''[Caelatoglanis zonatus](/source/Caelatoglanis_zonatus)'' etc.<ref name=Botia/><ref>{{Cite journal | author = Vidthayanon, C. | title = ''Parambassis pulcinella'' | journal = [The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/The_IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species) | volume = 2012 | page = e.T181168A1705782 | publisher = [IUCN](/source/IUCN) | date = 2012 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/181168/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181168A1705782.en | access-date = 9 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | author = Kottelat, M. | title = ''Microdevario kubotai'' | journal = [The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/The_IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species) | volume = 2012 | page = e.T180778A1661738 | publisher = [IUCN](/source/IUCN) | date = 2012 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/180778/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180778A1661738.en | access-date = 9 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of rivers of Burma](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Burma)

==References==
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Category:Rivers of Myanmar

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