Salween River Delta, October 1994

The Salween River (also spelled Salwin) rises in Tibet, after which it flows through Yunnan, where it is known as the Nujiang river (Chinese: 怒江; Pinyin: Nù Jiāng), although either name can be used for the whole river. The river is 2815 km long. It then leaves China and meanders through Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand on its way to emptying in the Andaman Sea by Mawlamyine (Moulmien). For most of its route the river is of little commercial value, and it passes through deep gorges and is often called China's Grand Canyon. It is home to over 7,000 species of plants and 80 rare or endangered animals and fish. Unesco said this region "may be the most biologically diverse temperate ecosystem in the world" and designated it a World Heritage Site in 2003. Image File history File links Salween_watershed. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x640, 198 KB)Salween River Delta, Myanmar - October 1994 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x640, 198 KB)Salween River Delta, Myanmar - October 1994 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, Pinyin: XÄ«zàng or Chinese: 藏区, Pinyin: ZàngqÅ« [the two names are used with different connotations; see Name section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云南; Traditional Chinese: 雲南; Hanyu pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar and west of Thailand; it is part of the Indian Ocean. ... Mawlamyine (Burmese: ; formerly Moulmein) is the capital and largest city in Mon State, Myanmar. ...

The Nu people (Chinese: 怒族; pinyin: nù zú), one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, are named after this river. The Nu people (own names: Nusu, Anung, Zauzou; Chinese: 怒族; pinyin: nù zú) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ...

On April 1, 2004, the Chinese premier halted the construction of 13 dams on the Salween in Yunnan. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Geography

Watershed, Ecology

• Mekong River

View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ...

History

Sources

• Phoel, Cynthia M., "Bargaining Power", in Oxfam Exchange, Fall 2004.
• Phoel, Cynthia M., Defending Rivers and Earthrights in Burma on the site of Oxfam America

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Issues

The most controversial issue is the building of a dam on this river. It is to be larger than the widely controversial Three Gorges Dam. On April 5th the Thai and Myanmar governments signed a 6 billion dollar agreement to build the dam (From ENN found via scruffydan.com) Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

• Salween River Watch NGO
• First Descent of the Nu River (Salween) Headwaters
• China Huadian Corp to lead Nu River (upper Salween) hydropower plan
• Epoch Times : Proposed Nu River Hydroelectric Dam Causes Controversy
• Epoch Times: China to Halt Nu River Project
• Damming the Angry River
• New York Times : Seeking a Public Voice on China's 'Angry River'
• Dam Building Threatens China's 'Grand Canyon'
• Dam Opposition Swells
• The Nu Guard: A Chinese environmental journalist takes on a torrent of ecological issues.
• (AP) Nujiang dam project tests environmental policy
• Dam Projects and Environmental Sustainability
• Thai groups battle new China dam
• Missing Voices on the Nu River Dam Project
• Vast dam proposal is a test for China

See also

• Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
• Nature Conservancy: Gongshan Nature ReserveThe Nature Conservancy
• Rivers Watch East and Southeast Asia
• NuJiang River Project
• International Rivers Network
• Salween River - A Global 200 Ecoregion
• Hydrometeorological Approach to the Upper Salween River (USRB) - copyright by Christophe Lienert, Geographical Institute of the University of Berne and Kunming Institute of Botany