Western Irrawaddy Delta

The western Irrawaddy Delta opens onto the Bay of Bengal through the mouth of the Pathein River, the westernmost of the great river's distributaries. Its low shores are cut by tidal channels and fringed by mangroves. Farther west, the delta narrows toward Mawtin Point, with the hills around Mount Waphu rising above the otherwise flat plain. River sediment and the southwest monsoon both shape this coast.