Salween River

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Type: river or creek
Length: 2,413km


The Salween River (known as the Nu in Chinese) originates in the Tibetan plateau and drains an area of 320,000 km 2 in China, Myanmar, and Thailand before it flows into the Gulf of Martaban. Totaling 2,413 kilometers, it is the longest undammed river in mainland Southeast Asia. [1]


  1. ^ Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/research/case_studies/Salween_New.htm

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