Salween River is a major river in Southeast Asia. It flows through parts of China, Thailand, and Burma for 2,815 kilometres (1,749 miles). The river begins in the Qinghai Mountains and flows west. Then it turns east and south, flowing into the Andaman Sea at Mawlamyaing, Burma.
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Salween
- རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ། (Standard Tibetan)
- Gyalmo Ngulchu (Standard Tibetan)
- ကၟံင့်ယှောတ်ခၠေါဟ် (Pwo Eastern Karen)
- ဃိၣ်လီၤကျိ (S'gaw Karen)
- သာန်လာန်, မႄႈၼမ်ႉၶူင်း (Mon)
- ခြုံꩻ (Pa'o Karen)
- ၼမ်ႉၶူင်း (Shan)
Burmese: သံလွင်, Thanlwin (IPA: [θàɰ̃lwɪ̀ɰ̃ mjɪʔ]
Chinese: 怒江; pinyin: Nù Jiāng
Thai: แม่น้ำสาละวิน, Mae Nam Salawin (IPA: [mɛ̂ː náːm sǎːləwin] |
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 Salween River in Shan State, Myanmar |
 Map of the Salween River basin |
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| Country | China, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand |
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| Provinces (PRC) | Tibet Autonomous Region, Yunnan |
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| States (Myanmar) | Shan, Karenni (Kayah), Karen (Kayin), Mon |
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| Province (Thailand) | Mae Hong Son |
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| Source | Tanggula Mountains |
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| - location | Nagqu, Tibet, China |
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| - coordinates | 32°43′47″N 92°13′58″E[1] |
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| - elevation | 5,432 m (17,822 ft)[1] |
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| Mouth | Andaman Sea |
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| - location | Mawlamyaing, Burma |
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| - coordinates | 16°11′39″N 97°35′00″E |
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| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
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| Length | 3,289 km (2,044 mi)[2] |
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| Basin size | 324,000 km2 (125,000 sq mi) |
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| Discharge | |
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| - location | Andaman Sea |
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| - average | 6,600 m3/s (230,000 cu ft/s)[3] |
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| Tributaries | |
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| - left | Suo River, Ga River, Hka River, Hsim River, Pai River, Moei River, Gyaing River |
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| - right | Ba River, Leng River, Pang River, Teng River, Pawn River |
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