Description:
"Myanmar is generally regarded as a country endowed with rich
natural resources: minerals, forests, fertile agricultural lands with
plentiful of Monsoon rains, and opulent marine resources.
• Located between the east Himalayan syntaxis and the Andaman Sea to
the south, washed by the Bay of Bengal on the west, Myanmar links
Alpine- Himalayan orogenic belt to the west with its extension in the
rest of Southeast Asia.
• Myanmar is natural hazard or disaster prone country, being located
in the tectonically active Alpide Seismic Belt.
• Because of rapid growth in population, industries and urban areas,
like elsewhere in the developing world, environmental degradation
and other man-made hazards or disasters are also on the rise...ဓ
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Environment Institute (MEI)
Date of Publication:
2015-00-00
Date of entry:
2019-08-02
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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2.2 MB
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text