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Shwebo districts; Lower Chindwin is bounded on the S. by the Pakbkku and Sagaing districts; and both districts are bounded on the W. by the Chin hills, and by Pakbkku on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern stretch. The western portion of both districts is hilly, and the greater See also:

PART

part of Upper Chindwin is of the same See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character. Both have valuable See also:

TEAK

teak forests. The See also:

TOTAL

total rainfall averages in Lower Chindwin 27 and in Upper Chindwin 6o in. See also:

COAL

Coal exists in extensive See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, but these are not very accessible. See also:

Rice forms the See also:

GREAT

great 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, but a certain amount of til-See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed and of See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo is also cultivated. Kindat, a See also:

mere See also:

VILLAGE

village, is the See also:

head-quarters of the upper district, and Monywa, with a population of 7869, of the lower. Both are on the Chindwin See also:

RIVER

river, and are served by the steamers of the See also:

IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

Irrawaddy Flotilla See also:

COMPANY

Company. Albn, See also:

close to Monywa, and formerly the headquarters, is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the railway from Sagaing westwards, which was opened in 1900.

End of Article: CHINDWIN, UPPER

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