Irrawaddy Dwindling: Delta Losing Land To Rising Sea

(News article and photo
direct from the Eleven Media on December 17, 2013.)






Irrawaddy River and the Delta.

Our great river Irrawaddy is flowing sluggish
and thus carrying down fewer tons of silt downstream every year and the disturbing
result is clearly seen in the Delta for well over two decades. Our seemingly ever-expanding
Irrawaddy Delta has stopped expanding and even losing average