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18-825: The Chhimtuipui river , also known as the Chhimmtuipi Lui or Kaladan river , is a river of Mizoram , northeastern India. It flows in a southerly direction through Myanmar . The river is the biggest river in Mizoram by volume. It originates in western part of Myanmar from the Village of Vanum at an elevation of 2,325 metres (7,628 ft). It enters Mizoram near Sabawngte village from where it flows Northward for 138 kilometres (86 mi) till it meets Tiau river . From this point it flows northwest and meets Tuichawng river near Hnahthial and flows southwards where Mat river and Mengpui River meet. The government of India

36-688: A jetty upgrade were completed in June 2017. There is at least one river lock for navigation. The project will open up not only Mizoram but all of India's northeastern states as hinterland for the Sittwe Port. Construction for the port started in 2010 and is expected to be completed by mid-2020. Development of the river is also being negotiated with the Shwe Gas Project for economic enhancement Pechora River The Pechora ( Russian : Печо́ра ; Komi : Печӧра; Nenets : Санэроˮ яха)

54-525: Is joined by the Twe River at 22° 08′ 40″ N 93° 34′ 30″ E, when it swings west. It continues west until 22° 05′ 20″ N 93° 14′ 12″ E, when it heads northwest. At 22° 11′ 06″ N 93° 09′ 29″ E, below Mount Phabipa, it turns north and becomes the international border between India and Myanmar. It flows north to 22° 47′ 09″ N 93° 05′ 47″ E, where the international border continues north along the Tyao River, and

72-772: Is planning to construct a dam and hydro-electric project. This river is also part of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project . This article related to a location in the Indian state of Mizoram is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kaladan river The Kaladan ( Burmese : ကုလားတန်မြစ် , pronounced [kəládàɰ̃ mjɪʔ] ) or Kissapanadi River ( Burmese : ကစ္ဆပနဒီ , Kacchapanadī ), also known as

90-834: Is the sixth-longest river in Europe . Flowing from Northwest Russia and into the Arctic Ocean , it lies mostly in the Komi Republic but the northernmost part crosses the Nenets Autonomous Okrug . The Pechora is 1,809 kilometres (1,124 mi) long (a little shorter than the Columbia River ) and its basin is 322,000 square kilometres (124,000 sq mi), or about the same size as Finland . By mean annual discharge it ranks third in Europe, after

108-644: The Beino , Bawinu and Kolodyne , is a river in eastern Mizoram State of India , and in Chin State and Rakhine State of western Myanmar . The Kaladan River is called the Chhimtuipui River in India. It forms the international border between India and Burma between 22° 47′ 10" N (where its tributary, the Tiau River , joins it) and 22° 11′ 06" N. Kaladan was an entry point to Mizoram from

126-774: The Fly , Mamberamo and Sepik in New Guinea and the Pechora in Russia . Nonetheless, the governments of India and Myanmar are working on a US$ 500 million, Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project that will facilitate trade between the two nations. The project includes the construction of the US$ 120 million deepwater Sittwe Port at the mouth of the river, dredging of the Kaladan River to enable cargo vessels to navigate

144-689: The Ilych joins from the east, then Northwest to Troitsko-Pechorsk (1,359 kilometres (844 mi) from the mouth), north to Vuktyl and Ust-Shchuger where the Shchugor joins from the east. The river then flows north to Pechora town, where the railway from Vorkuta crosses, then north to Ust-Usa where the Usa joins from the east (the Usa was once an important river route into Siberia ). The Pechora then curves northwest, west, and west southwest. The Izhma joins from

162-711: The Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve . On the other side of the Urals are the headwaters of the Northern Sosva . The river flows south, then west and turns north near Yaksha which is the head of navigation for small boats. A portage led south to the Kama basin. To the east is the upper Vychegda , a tributary of the Northern Dvina. The river flows past Komsomolsk-na-Pechore to Ust-Ilych where

180-777: The Volga and Danube . Its discharge is about three quarters that of the Danube and a little more than its sister, the Northern Dvina , and is the largest of any river with no dams in its basin outside of New Guinea . West of its lower course is the Timan Ridge . East of the basin along the west flank of the Urals is the Yugyd Va National Park . Also in the basin is the Virgin Komi Forests ,

198-701: The Boinu heads northwest into Mizoram State, at which point it is known as the Kaladan. At 22° 56′ 21″ N 92° 58′ 55″ E it reaches its northernmost point, and turns south west, is joined by the Tuichong River from the right and then heads south. The Kaladan is joined from the right by the Mat River at 22° 43′ 39″ N, 92° 54′ 46″ E. It continues south and is joined by the Kawrthingdeng River from

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216-571: The Nenets capital and a port at the head of the Pechora delta; Pechora Bay ; Pechora Sea ; and finally the Barents Sea . The monthly average discharge of the river was recorded between 1981 and 1993 in the village of Oksino , located 141 km (88 mi) upstream from the mouth. The values are presented in the diagram below (metric units, m /s). Before the arrival of the railroad to

234-506: The Pechora, an important way of travel to the region was via a portage road, from Cherdyn in the Kama basin to Yaksha on the Pechora. A project for a Pechora–Kama Canal along the same general route was widely discussed in the 1960s through 1980s, this time not as much for transportation, but for the diversion of some of the water of the Pechora to the Kama, as part of a grand Northern river reversal scheme. However, no construction work

252-585: The largest virgin forest in Europe. In the far northeast of the basin on the Usa River is the large coal center of Vorkuta . The river was once an important transportation route, especially for those travelling to northwest Siberia. Today a railroad runs southwest from Vorkuta to Moscow. The river rises in the Ural Mountains in the south-eastern corner of the Komi Republic. This area is part of

270-622: The right. It again enters Chin State, at Raithaw Ferry, 22° 03′ 40″ N 92° 51′ 05″ E, just northwest of Khenkhar. The Mi River joins from the left at 21° 06′ 56″ N 92° 57′ 42″ E. At Ngame the river enters the Rakhine State of Myanmar and continues south to Sittwe where it enters the Bay of Bengal . At present, the Kaladan is the fifth largest river in the world that is completely unfragmented by dams anywhere in its catchment , behind only

288-598: The river from Sittwe to Mizoram, the construction of a river port at Paletwa , as well as the widening and upgrade of highways between Paletwa and Myeikwa on the Indo-Myanmar border. India undertook the development of the 158 km river boat route from Sittwe seaport to the Inland Water Terminal (IWT) and hydropower project at Paletwa jetty via the Kaladan River in Myanmar . River dredging and

306-580: The seaport of Sittwe in 1904. Kaladan is Mizoram 's largest river and it flows through its southeastern region. The river arises in central Chin State as the Timit, 22°49′28″N 93°31′57″E  /  22.82444°N 93.53250°E  / 22.82444; 93.53250 , and flows south and is soon joined by the Chal, after which it is known as the Boinu River. It continues south until just before it

324-740: The south. It then flows further west to Ust-Tsilma (425 kilometres (264 mi) from the mouth) where the Pizhma joins from the southwest and the Tsilma joins from the west. Before modern times people traveled up the Tsilma and portaged to the Pyoza to reach the White Sea. Then the Pechora turns north and crosses the arctic Arctic Circle and the border of the Nenets Okrug; Pustozyorsk ; Naryan-Mar ,

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