Ataran River () is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

of Myanmar (most of its course) and Thailand (the uppermost part). In Thailand, it is usually known as the Kasat River. It merges into the larger Gyaing River and

Salween River The Salween is a Southeast Asian river, about long, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau south into the Andaman Sea. The Salween flows primarily within southwest China and eastern Myanmar, with a short section forming the border of Myanmar and Tha ...

near the city of

Mawlamyine Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; ; , ), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), ''World Gazetteer'' southeast of Yangon and south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin (Salween) River. Mawlamyine was an ancient ...

. A main tributary of the Ataran River is the

Zami River Zami River () is a river of Myanmar, arising at in southern Kayin State. It flows north past Kyondaw, Phadaw, Apalon (village), Apalon, Kanni, Kyungyaung, Danon, Myanmar, Danon, Kyain Seikgyi and Chaunghanakwa, where it flows into Mon State. T ...

. The Ataran and its tributaries begin near the Thai-Burmese border and flow in a general north-north-west direction. Ataran suspension bridge

Several fish species that sometimes are seen in the

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trade are native to the Ataran basin, including the Burmese border loach (''Botia kubotai''), humphead glassfish (''Parambassis pulcinella''), '' Microdevario kubotai'' and '' Caelatoglanis zonatus'' etc.

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Rivers of Myanmar {{Myanmar-river-stub

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