Salween River much of its length, the Salween's course is nearly parallel to that of the much larger Mekong in the east. Although the commonly accepted name is Salween, the river is known by a handful of other names regionally: "Nu" in China, "Thanlwin" in southern Burma, and "Salawin" on the border of Thailand and Burma. Several major sub-continental drainage basins border on the Salween. The Mekong basin forms nearly the entire eastern boundary of the watershed, while the Irrawaddy River flows southwards on the west side of the basin. The smallest boundary is formed by the Yangtze to the extreme north.
Burma Railway jungle with its heat and humidity. All of that makes this railway an extraordinary accomplishment." The total freight carried during the war was 500,000 tonnes by two Japanese Army divisions. The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and Nam Tok was reopened ten years later in 1957. On 16 January 1946, the British ordered Japanese POWs to remove the 4 km rail between Nikki and Sonkrai. The railway link between Thailand and Burma was to be separated again for protecting British interests in Singapore. After that, the Burma section of the Railway was sequentially