River systems of Thailand used for the whole river. The river is long. It then leaves China and meanders through Myanmar (where it is known as the "Thanlwin") and Thailand (where it is known as the "Salawin", Thai: สาละวิน) on its way to emptying into the Andaman Sea by Mawlamyaing (Moulmien). The principal tributaries of the Salawin which flow through Thailand are the Moei River and the Pai River. In addition to the Salween River, there are a number of rivers which drain into the Andaman Sea from the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. None of them are extensive enough to be considered
Indo-Burma Indo-Burma Indo-Burma is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International. Indo-Burma encompasses of tropical Asia east of the Ganges-Brahmaputra lowlands. Formerly including the Himalaya chain and the associated foothills in Nepal, Bhutan and India, Indo-Burma has now been more narrowly redefined as the Indo-Chinese subregion. The area contains the Lower Mekong catchment. It begins in eastern Bangladesh and then extends across north-eastern India, south of the Brahmaputra River, to encompass nearly all of Myanmar, part of southern and western Yunnan Province in China, all of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Vietnam, the vast majority of Thailand and a