{{Short description|River in Myanmar}} thumb|Gyaing suspension bridge between Kayin State and Mon State '''Gyaing River'''<ref name="Kayin-Map">[http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-map/kayin-map.htm "Map of Kayin State"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615013905/http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-map/kayin-map.htm |date=2011-06-15 }} Myanmar's net</ref> ({{langx|my|ဂျိုင်းမြစ်}}) is a river of Kayin State and Mon State, in southeastern Burma (Myanmar). Its two major tributaries, the Hlaingbwe River and the Haungtharaw River, flow together to form the Gyaing<ref name="Hunter">Hunter, William Wilson (1881) ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4kIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA497 page 497], {{OCLC|278111153}}</ref> at {{coord|16|36|12|N|98|00|25|E|display=inline}}.<ref name="Moulmein-map">[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ne47-14.jpg "Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Moulmein, NE 47-14"] U.S. Army Map Service, December 1959</ref> It is about {{convert|45|mi}} long<ref name="Hunter" /> and flows into the Salween River immediately above Moulmein, at {{coord|16|30|55|N|97|37|36|E|display=inline}} (its mouth).<ref name="Moulmein-map" />
The Gyaing is a wide river, but quite shallow with numerous sandbars.<ref name="Hunter" /> It is navigable by smaller boats all year long.<ref name="Hunter" /> Important towns and villages along its banks include Gadoe (Kado),<!-- on the right (north) bank as the Gyaing encounters the first branch of the Salween --> Zathabyin (Zathabyeng),<ref>[http://www.maplandia.com/burma/kawthulei-karen/pa-an/zathabyin/ "Zathabyin Map — Satellite Images of Zathabyin"] Maplandia World Gazetteer</ref> Kalagong, Kawbein, Peinnegon,<ref>[http://www.maplandia.com/burma/kawthulei-karen/pa-an/peinnegon/ "Peinnegon Map — Satellite Images of Peinnegon"] Maplandia World Gazetteer</ref> Tarana<ref>[http://www.maplandia.com/burma/mon/kyaikmaraw/tarana/ "Tarana Map — Satellite Images of Tarana"] Maplandia World Gazetteer</ref> and Damathat (Dhammatha). The up-stream Gyaing forms part of the border between Hpa-an District and Kawkareik District of Kayin State, and downstream is the border between Kayin State and Mon State.<ref name="Kayin-Map"/>
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==Further reading== * Finch, Roger (2006) "Journey up the Gyaing" ''Stations of the Sun'' Somerset Hall Press, Boston, Massachusetts, [https://books.google.com/books?id=JyuOytfasqAC&pg=PA91 page 91], {{ISBN|0-9774610-3-3}}; poem
Category:Rivers of Myanmar Category:Salween River
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