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Salween River

Major river in Southeast Asia

Body of waterriver transboundary riverQ26422

Also known as Salween · Nu River · Thanlwin

Length: 2,815 km
Discharge: 4,876 cubic metre per second
Origin of the watercourse: Nagqu
, Cona Lake
Mouth: Andaman Sea
Country: People's Republic of China
, Thailand
, Myanmar
Watershed area: 325,000 km²

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The Salween is a Southeast Asian river, about 3,289 km (2,044 mi) 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 Thailand. Throughout most of its course, it runs swiftly through rugged mountain canyons. Despite the river's great length, only the last 90 km (56 mi) are navigable, where it forms a modest estuary and delta at Mawlamyine. The river is known by various names along its course, including the Thanlwin in Myanmar and the Nu Jiang in China. The commonly used spelling "Salween" is an anglicisation of the Burmese name dating from 19th-century British maps.

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Category for the water basin: Q23778411
Drainage basin: Salween River basin
Tributary: Pai River
Moei River
Gyaing River
Nam Pang River
Teng River
Nam Hka
Located in: Tibet Autonomous Region
Members / parts: Nu River

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26 identifiers linking Salween River across the web's reference databases

31.8450, 91.5347OpenStreetMap ↗

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