Bago River ( Burmese : ပဲခူးမြစ် ; Pegu River ) is a river of southern Myanmar . It flows through Bago and Yangon , joining the Yangon River south of downtown Yangon.
6-773: The source of the Bago river comes from many streams in the hills of the Pegu Range with the traditional choice for the source being Sinhnamaung Mountain in Letpadan Township . Modern hydrological surveys find streams further north in Phyu Township that feed into the Bago River Basin. The Bago River flows into Yangon Region meeting the Yangon River at Monkey Point, Botahtaung Township , below which
12-1099: Is a range of low mountains or hills and uplands between the Irrawaddy and the Sittaung River in central Burma (Myanmar) . The range runs from Mount Popa in the north to Singuttara Hill (Theingottara Hill) in the south. Both the Pegu River and the Sittaung River originate in the Pegu Range. Among the notable peaks or hilltops are 1,518 metres (4,980 ft) high Mount Popa , a stratovolcano , Sinnamaung TAUNG 2,693 feet (820 m), Shwenape TAUNG 2,509 feet (765 m), TALAN TAUNG 2,050 feet (625 m), Binhontaung 2,003 feet (611 m), Kodittaung 1,885 feet (575 m), Phoe-Oo Taung and Singguttara Hill (Theingottara Hill). The Pegu Range consists of folded and faulted Paleogene marine sediments combined with more recent volcanics . The Shwedagon Pagoda
18-419: The bell in the murky waters of the river, so far without success. Professional deep sea diver James Blunt has made 115 exploratory dives, using sonar images of objects in the area for guidance. To this date, it has not been recovered. Several Myanmar divers have died looking for it, including two navy divers who were trapped in a nearby wreck. The bell has since become an object of national superstition believing
24-656: The river is called the Yangon River . In 1608, the Portuguese mercenary Filipe de Brito e Nicote , known as Nga Zinka to the Burmese, plundered the Shwedagon Pagoda . His men took the 300-ton Great Bell of Dhammazedi using elephants and forced labour. De Brito's intention was to melt the bell down to make cannons. but it fell into this river when he was carrying it across. Many people have tried to find
30-544: The search to be cursed and the bell's retrieval to be the key to the nation's rise out of poverty This Yangon Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Bago Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Myanmar is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pegu Range The Pegu Range ( Burmese : ပဲခူးရိုးမ ; Pegu Yoma or Bago Yoma )
36-639: Was built sometime before 1000 A.D. on Singguttara Hill. The Pegu Range was the original site of the 1930-1931 Saya San uprising against the British . Saya San raised the flag of independence on Alantaung Hill near Tharrawaddy . Later the Pegu Range became a center for the Communist Party of Burma . The northern end of the Pegu merges into the Burmese Dry Belt , while in the south there
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