Myanmar, India and Bangladesh
“The Arakan Mountains, also known as the Rakhine Mountains, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Myanmar.”
“The Arakan Mountains run from Cape Negrais in the south in to Manipur, India in the north. They include the Naga Hills, the Chin Hills, and the Patkai range which includes the Lushai Hills. The mountain chain is submerged in the Bay of Bengal for a long stretch and emerges again in the form of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.”
“The Arakan Mountain Range is over 950 km long, with about 400 km of actual mountains. The highest point in the range is Khonu Msung (Mount Victoria) at 3,094 metres. The parallel arcs to the west and east were formed by compression as the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate approximately along the boundary between India and Myanmar which produced the Naga-Patkai foldbelt.”
Arakan Mountains & Northern Triangle Forests bioregion
Arakan Forest Turtle
(Heosemys depressa)
Critically Endangered
Asian Elephant
(Elephas maximus)
Endangered
White-rumped Vulture
(Gyps bengalensis)
Critically Endangered
White-browed Nuthatch
(Sitta victoriae)
Endangered
Sun Bear
(Helarctos malayanus)
Vulnerable
Brow-antlered Deer
(Panolia eldii)
Endangered
2.3 million
Arakanese people
Arakanese people are a Southeast Asian ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They possibly constitute 5.53% or more of Myanmar’s total population. Rakhine people also live in the southeastern parts of Bangladesh, especially in Chittagong and Barisal. A group of Rakhine descendants, living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh at least since the 16th century, are known as the Marma people.
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