THARRAWADDY  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• PEGU

Pegu See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• BURMA

Burma . The town has a station on the railway, 68 m . N.W. from See also:

• RANGOON

Rangoon . Pop . (1901) 164.3 . The district has an See also:

• AREA

area of 2851 sq. m . The Pegu Yoma range separates it from See also:

• TOUNGOO

Toungoo district, and forms the See also:

• WATER

water-parting between the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers See also:

• IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

Irrawaddy and Sittang; there are also many small elevations . The Irrawaddy is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal navigable See also:

• RIVER

river . Another important river is the Hlaing, which runs through the district from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, receiving from the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, through numerous channels, the drainage of the Pegu Yoma Mountains, which fertilizes the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on its eastern See also:

• BANK

bank . There are See also:

• TEAK

teak forests and See also:

• FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel reserves, covering an area of 732 sq. m . Among the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild animals found in the mountains are See also:

• ELEPHANT

elephant, See also:

• RHINOCEROS

rhinoceros, bison and various kinds of feathered See also:

• GAME

game . The rainfall in 1905 was 91.65 in .

Pop . (1901) 395,570, showing an increase of 17 per cent. in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The railway runs through the centre of the district, with ten stations . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns are Gyobingauk (6030) and Thonze (6578) . The See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop is See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, but orchards and gardens are also See also:

• COMMON

common . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the district is identical with that of See also:

• HENZADA

Henzada (q.v.) . Tharrawaddy was formed in 1878 out of that portion of Henzada lying east of the Irrawaddy .