Taping River

Taping
Ta Hkaw Hka / Daying
Taping River at Yingjiang County, China
Map
Location
CountryBurma
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChina
Mouth 
 • location
Ayeyarwady River
 • coordinates
24°17′35″N 97°13′12″E / 24.29306°N 97.22000°E / 24.29306; 97.22000
 • elevation
103 m (338 ft)
Length117 km (73 mi)[1]
Basin size7,053.2 km2 (2,723.3 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average373.7 m3/s (13,200 cu ft/s)[1]

The Taping River (Chinese: 太平江; pinyin: Tàipíng Jiāng), known as Ta Hkaw Hka in Kachin and Daying River (Chinese: 大盈江; pinyin: Dàyíng Jiāng; Wade–Giles: Ta-ying Chiang) in Chinese, is a river in Yunnan province, China and northern Myanmar (Burma). It is the first tributary of the country's chief river, the Irrawaddy, and the watersheds between it and the N'mai Hka river to the northwest and the rivers Shweli and Salween to the southeast form part of the boundary between China and Myanmar.[2] Its source lies in Yingjiang County of Yunnan, and it enters the Irrawaddy near Bhamo, Kachin State.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Upper Irrawaddy".
  2. ^ "International Boundary Study No. 42 - November 30, 1964: Burma - China Boundary" (PDF). Florida State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  3. ^ "China's Yunnan quakes signal dam disasters on Burma border: Environmentalist". Kachinnews.com 22 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-08.