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Salween
རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ། (Standard Tibetan)
*Gyalmo Ngulchu* (Standard Tibetan)
ကၟံင့်ယှောတ်ခၠေါဟ် (Pwo Eastern Karen)
ဃိၣ်လီၤကျိ (S'gaw Karen)
သာန်လာန်, မႄႈၼမ်ႉၶူင်း (Mon)
ခြုံꩻ (Pa'o Karen)
ၼမ်ႉၶူင်း (Shan)

Burmese: သံလွင်, *Thanlwin* (IPA: [θàɰ̃lwɪ̀ɰ̃ mjɪʔ]
Chinese: 怒江; pinyin: *Nù Jiāng*
Thai: แม่น้ำสาละวิน, *Mae Nam Salawin* (IPA: [mɛ̂ː náːm sǎːləwin]
Salween; རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ། (Standard Tibetan); Gyalmo Ngulchu (Standard Tibetan); ကၟံင့်ယှောတ်ခၠေါဟ် (Pwo Eastern Karen); ဃိၣ်လီၤကျိ (S'gaw Karen); သာန်လာန်, မႄႈၼမ်ႉၶူင်း (Mon); ခြုံꩻ (Pa'o Karen); ၼမ်ႉၶူင်း (Shan); ; Burmese: သံလွင်, Thanlwin (IPA: [θàɰ̃lwɪ̀ɰ̃ mjɪʔ]; Chinese: 怒江; pinyin: Nù Jiāng; Thai: แม่น้ำสาละวิน, Mae Nam Salawin (IPA: [mɛ̂ː náːm sǎːləwin]
	Salween River in Shan State, Myanmar
	Map of the Salween River basin
Location
Country	China, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand
Provinces (PRC)	Tibet Autonomous Region, Yunnan
States (Myanmar)	Shan, Karenni (Kayah), Karen (Kayin), Mon
Province (Thailand)	Mae Hong Son
Physical characteristics
Source	Tanggula Mountains
- location	Nagqu, Tibet, China
- coordinates	32°43′47″N 92°13′58″E / 32.72972°N 92.23278°E
- elevation	5,432 m (17,822 ft)
Mouth	Andaman Sea
- location	Mawlamyaing, Burma
- coordinates	16°11′39″N 97°35′00″E / 16.19417°N 97.58333°E
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	3,289 km (2,044 mi)
Basin size	324,000 km2 (125,000 sq mi)
Discharge
- location	Andaman Sea
- average	6,600 m3/s (230,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
- left	Suo River, Ga River, Hka River, Hsim River, Pai River, Moei River, Gyaing River
- right	Ba River, Leng River, Pang River, Teng River, Pawn River

Salween River is a major river in Southeast Asia. It flows through parts of China, Thailand, and Burma for 2,815 kilometres (1,749 miles). The river begins in the Qinghai Mountains and flows west. Then it turns east and south, flowing into the Andaman Sea at Mawlamyaing, Burma.