River systems of Thailand divides into two major branches, the " Tiền Giang" (Front River) and "Hậu Giang" (Back River). These in turn enter the South China Sea through nine estuaries. The following are the principal tributaries of Mekong River which flow through Thailand (tributaries entirely outside the Thai border not shown). The Mekong drains a considerable portion of northeast Thailand. In terms of Thai territory drained, it is second only to the Chao Phraya system. The Salawin River rises in Tibet (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ།) after which it flows through Yunnan, where it is known as the "Nujiang" River (), although either name can be
Shweli River motorcycles and household goods from China. More recently, Chinese hybrid rice called "sinn shweli" has been introduced by the military authorities to the local farmers as part of the opium eradication drive, most of the crop to be exported back to China. The Shweli I Dam was put into operation on the river in 2008. It is the first of three planned dams on the main stem. Shweli River Shweli River (; ) is a river in Myanmar (Burma). Also known as Nam Mao in Shan and Lung Chuan Chiang(龙川江) in Chinese, it forms part of the boundary between Burma