Inle is a small town on Upper Inle Lake. Lake Inle is 22 kilometers long, 10 kilometers wide and only 3 meters deep. After Lake Indawgyi, the second largest lake in Myanmar and is located in the eastern part of the country, surrounded by up to 2000Meter high Shan Mountains. A wide belt of reeds lines the freshwater lake.
The approximately 70,000 people who live in 17 villages in stilt houses around the lake call themselves “Intha”, which translates as “children of the lake”. They live mainly from handicrafts, or are fishermen and farmers.
The floating gardens and the one-legged rowers are unique.
This special leg rowing technique can only be found at Inle Lake. With this technique it is possible to maneuver through the narrow channels.
The fishermen stand with one leg on the narrow bottom of the canoe and skilfully loop the other foot around the oar, which they move while standing. So you have both hands free to fish.Inle Lake is best known for the large number of migratory water birds.
- Geographical region
- Southeastern Asia
- Drainage Basin
- River catchment
- Lake Inle
- Water body type
- Lake
- Water body name
- Inle
- Water body part
- Water body course
- Water body: tributary of
- Tributary name
