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Salween

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Sal·ween  (slwn)
A river of southeast Asia rising in eastern Xizang (Tibet) and flowing about 2,816 km (1,750 mi) east then south through Myanmar (Burma) into the Gulf of Martaban.

Salween [ˈsælwiːn]
n
(Placename) a river in SW Asia, rising in the Tibetan Plateau and flowing east and south through SW China and Myanmar to the Gulf of Martaban. Length: 2400 km (1500 miles)


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Yangtze, Mekong and Salween rise in Tibet and run through East Asia catering to the water needs of large tracts of China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Local authorities in Yunnan province, however, are considering damming the Salween in the quake-prone upstream region.
The glacier-fed basins of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Irawaddy, Salween, Yangtze, Mekong, and Yellow rivers now support more than 1,400,000,000 people.
 
 
 
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