Salween River

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river transboundary river

The Salween River is a major river in Southeast Asia that flows from the Tibetan Plateau through China and Myanmar to the Andaman Sea, known for its largely undammed, wild course and rich biodiversity.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Salween River basin 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
basinCountry China ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 324000 square kilometers ⓘ
ecoregion Salween River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Salween River basin
emptiesInto Andaman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough Karen State ⓘ
Mon State ⓘ
Shan State ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan
formsBorderBetween Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
hasCharacteristic high biodiversity ⓘ
largely undammed ⓘ
steep gradient ⓘ
wild course ⓘ
hasIssue environmental conservation concerns ⓘ
hydropower development controversy ⓘ
knownAs Nu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nujiang ⓘ
Thanlwin River ⓘ
length about 1750 miles ⓘ
about 2815 km ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Mawlamyine ⓘ
majorTributary Nam Pang River ⓘ
Moei River ⓘ
surface form: Pai River

Yuam River ⓘ
Yunzhi River ⓘ
mouth Andaman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringRiver Mekong River ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ
partOf Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas ⓘ
surface form: Three Parallel Rivers region
protectedArea Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas ⓘ
region Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
sourceCountry China ⓘ
sourceRegion Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
supports ethnic minority communities ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Site region (Three Parallel Rivers)
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
river transport ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shan Hills → drainage → Salween River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salween River basin
Salween River → ecoregion → Salween River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salween River basin
Thai–Myanmar border → follows → Salween River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salween River basin
Myanmar → hasRiver → Salween River ⓘ
Salween offensive → namedAfter → Salween River ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau → sourceOf → Salween River ⓘ
Indochinese Peninsula → traversedBy → Salween River ⓘ