Water Resources
Myanmar River System
Water Resources
Climate and Rainfall of Myanmar
Potential Water Resources of Myanmar
Climate Conditions of Myanmar
Myanmar River System
River System
Drainage Area
Percentage
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Ayeyarwady, Chindwin, Myitmakha Rivers
Sittaung River
Thanlwin River
Bago River
Bilin River
Other triutaries/ rivulets

58.0
5.4
18.4
0.8
0.4
17.0
 
Total
100.0
Water Resources and Status of Utilization
The catchment area of Myanmar's eight principle river basins comprise about (8402) hectares, and the average annual in-flow of water is (1080.5) km3, and the scop for further expansion is tremendous. The available land and water resources are still abundant, and land-man ratio and other indices remain favourable as shown below
(a) Land area of Myanmar =67.65 million hectares
(b) Culturable Land =17.25 million hectares
(c) Population of Myanmar (2002-03) =52 million
(d) Culturable Land availability per person =0.33 hectares
(e) Annual inflow of water resources =1080.6 km³
(f) Irrigated area under various means =2.07 hectares
(g) Annual utilization of water for cultivation =39.55 km³
(h) Water availability per acre for whole of Myanmar =1.6 m
(i) Water avilability for one acre of culturable land =6.3 m
(j) Current percentage of annual usage of water for cultivation =6%
 
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