The Arakan Mountains (Arakan Range, Rakhine Range, Rakhine Yoma , Arakan Yoma, Rakhine Roma, Arakan Roma is a mountain range in western Burma (Myanmar), between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Burma Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River.
It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Burma.
Prof Sarbeswar Kalita, head of the Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University(GU) observed that the Arakan Yoma area has stressed so much which may lead to a major seismic event. (Courtesy of thenortheasttoday.com)
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