Salween River

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  • A major stream of Southeast Asia and the longest in Myanmar (Burma). Rising in the T’ang-ku-la Mountains, a range of eastern Tibet, the river flows generally south for about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through Yunnan province, China, and eastern Myanmar, emptying into the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman Sea at Moulmein. In its lower course the river forms the frontier between Myanmar and Thailand for about 80 miles (130 km).

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    Salween River

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    Salween River

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      Salween River

      • UF Khong River

      • UF Nu Chiang

      • UF Nu Jiang

      • UF Thanlwin River

      • UF Mae Nam Khong (China-Burma)

      • UF Chiama Ngu Chu

      • UF Lu Chiang

      • UF Salwin River

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      Salween River

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      Map of the Upper Salween used in George Forrest's article in the Geographical Journal, 1908
      GB 235 FRG/8/1 · Item · 1908
      Part of George Forrest Collection

      one map used in Forrest's article describing the geography and people of the Upper Salween during his visit there with Consul George Litton in late 1905. The article was published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1908 with this accompanying map, and again by the National Geographical Society in 1910.

       Royal Geographical Society