Mela Taung (mountain)
Region: Kayin State, Myanmar
Mela Taung is a mountain in the region of Kayin State, the country of Myanmar with an average elevation of 4,682 feet above sea level. The area is not very densely populated with 96 people per mile2 . The nearest town larger than 50,000 inhabitants takes about 12:30 hour by local transportation.
An estimated 4.01% of the children below 5 years old are underweight, with a mortality of 9 per 1,000 births.
Mela Taung can have strong (vi) earthquakes (on average one every 50 years), with occurances at 5-6 Richter. When a strong earthquake occurs, it will most likely be felt by everybody; people may be frightened and run outdoors, walk unsteadily. Windows, dishes, glassware may be broken, books fall off shelves. The damage will be slight. There is a extremely high occurence of periods with extreme drought. Flooding risk is high.
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Weather
April is warmest with an average temperature of 87.8 °F at noon. January is coldest with an average temperature of 47.66 °F at night. Mela Taung has no distinct temperature seasons, the temperature is relatively constant during the year. Temperatures drop sharply at night. February is on average the month with most sunshine. The wet season has a rainfall peak around August, the dry season is around the month of January.
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Time
Today's sunrise occurs around 5:24 AM and the sunset is around 6:24 PM. Usually a clear night sky is not polluted by light from unnatural sources, it makes looking at stars easy at night.
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| Name |
Mela Taung |
| Type |
Mountain |
| Lat./Long. |
17.233 / 98.083 |
| Country |
 Myanmar |
| Elevation |
4,682 feet |
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Nature
Mela Taung has a humid (> 0.65 p/pet) climate. The land area is not cultivated, most of the natural vegetation is still intact. The landscape is mostly covered with closed to open broadleaved evergreen or semi-decidious forest. The climate is classified as a tropical savanna (winter dry season), , with a subtropical wet forest biozone . The soil in the area is high in acrisols, alisols, plinthosols (ac), acid soil with clay-enriched lower horizon and low saturation of bases.
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