Mayu River Estuary

The Mayu enters the Bay of Bengal through a broad estuary on the Arakan coast. Its tidal waters meet a landscape of mangroves, sandbanks and mudflats shared with the neighbouring Kaladan and Lemyo river mouths. The low shores and branching channels form a meeting place between the inland valleys and the sea. Tides uncover extensive feeding grounds for waterbirds, while mangrove roots hold sediment along the sheltered margins.