the side that is otherwise exposed to the sea. The eighth hill, Neimindara, is on the northeast. It is thought to have been a key strategic point in pre-cannon times, and "the troops that held this hill controlled the city".

On the west side of Thaton is a fault line, which the railway follows. To the south are the Gawt and Waba streams.

Southern Myanmar has extensive deposits of laterite, a reddish-yellow soil which is rich in iron.

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