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Salween, river, SE Asia: see Thanlwin Thanlwin (thänlwēn`) or Salween ..... Click the link for more information. . Salween 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) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thai media commentators linked the bribe to logging companies engaged in the reexport of timber felled in Thailand's Salween Forest under a Burmese license, contravening Thailand's general logging ban. The girl wears a T-shirt that says, "Save the Salween--Damn the Dams," a reference to the SLORC's plan to build a hydroelectric dam on the Upper Salween River, reportedly financed by Chase Manhattan Bank. The proposed 166-metre-high dam on the upper Salween river is causing most concern among environmentalists. |
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