Salween River
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| Salween | |
| Nujiang | |
| River | |
 Salween River forming the boundary between Burma and Thailand
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| Kintras | China, Burma, Thailand |
|---|---|
| Region | Tibet |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Moei River |
| Ceety | Mawlamyaing |
| Soorce | Qinghai Mountains |
| - location | Unknown glacier, Tibet, China |
| - elevation | 5,350 m (17,552 ft) |
| - coordinates | 32°43′15″N 92°13′33″E / 32.72083°N 92.22583°E |
| Mooth | Andaman Sea |
| - location | Mawlamyaing, Burma |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 16°11′39″N 97°35′00″E / 16.19417°N 97.58333°ECoordinates: 16°11′39″N 97°35′00″E / 16.19417°N 97.58333°E |
| Lenth | 2,815 km (1,749 mi) |
| Basin | 324,000 km2 (125,100 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 4,978 m3/s (175,796 cu ft/s) [1] |
 Salween drainage area
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The Salween (Burmese: သံလွင်မြစ်; MLCTS: sam lwang mrac, IPA: [θàɴlwɪ̀ɴ mjɪʔ],[a] is a river, aboot 2,815 kilometre (1,749 mi) lang, that flows frae the Tibetan Plateau intae the Andaman Sea in Sootheast Asie.
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ An aa spelt Thanlwin; Mon: သာန်လာန်, [san lon]; Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ།, Wylie: rgyal mo rngul chu, Gyalmo Ngulchu; Cheenese: 怒江; pinyin: Nù Jiāng, leeterally "Angry River" in Cheenese — the river is actually named efter the Nu fowk livin in the aurie, but Cheenese haein no phonetic script haed tae uise a chairacter wi a seemilar soond as Nu which happens tae be the chairacter for rage;[2] Thai IPA: [mɛ̂ː náːm sǎːləwin], Mae Nam Salawin (Thai: แม่น้ำสาละวิน)
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Water Resources of Myanmar". AQUASTAT. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
Website gives Salween discharge as 157 cubic kilometers per year, which translates to roughly 4,978 m3/s
- ↑ Chellaney, Brahma (15 September 2011). Water: Asia's New Battleground. Georgetown University Press. pp. 260–. ISBN 978-1-58901-771-9. Retrieved 29 September 2011.