Salween River
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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]
- ^ 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
External Links
- Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD) (2012). Oregon State University. Salween River Basin Case Study — This website is used to aid in the assessment of the process of water conflict prevention and resolution. Over the years we have developed this Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, a project of the Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, in collaboration with the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.