The Dawei River or Tavoy River () is a river of the Tanintharyi Region, Burma.
Geography
It has its source in the
Tenasserim Hills and flows from north to south, the northern branch of the
Tenasserim River running parallel to it. It ends in the
Andaman Sea coast. In the last stretch of its course it forms a navigable
estuary before it meets the sea.
Off the shore there are a number of small islands on the western side of the estuarine area.
[ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency]
Dawei (Tavoy) town is located at the head of the estuary by the river at a distance about 40 km from its mouth.[GoogleEarth] The river is 120 miles long.
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