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I] from 3000 to 4000 feet. The Myelat, bordering on the Meiktila Division, consists of rolling downs, with scanty growth of trees, intersected by ravines. East of the Myelat are hill ranges with intervening valleys; thence towards the Salween a wide well-wooded plateau, broken by isolated hills. East of the Salween is the great state of Kēngtūng and part of Manglün, the latter entirely hill country. Kēngtūng is broken and mountainous, divided unequally by the range which forms the watershed between the Salween and the Mèkong. Other trans-Salween areas are the mountainous country of Kokang and the territory of the Wa, a mere mass of hills. West of the Salween, in the north, is the extensive plateau of North and South Hsenwi and Hsipaw. Hsenwi is partly and Tawngpeng further north entirely hill country. The Salween runs through the Shan States from north to south and the Myitngè through the Northern States fromeast to west. Of the people, climate and administration, description is given elsewhere.