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Salwen

Salwen is the alternative form of Salween.

Meaning of Salween

Proper noun

the Salween

  1. A 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.
    • Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao, a geologist by trade and populist by instinct, vetoed the dams in Yunnan province on the UNESCO-protected Nu River, known outside China as the Salween, in 2005, after an outcry from environmentalists.2013 March 7, Ben Blanchard, “About 60,000 could lose homes for controversial China dams”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2016
    Synonyms:
    Nujiang

Questions about Salwen

What is Salwen the alternative form of?
Salwen is the alternative form of Salween.

Words near Salwen in the dictionary

  1. Salwarpe
  2. salwars
  3. Salway
  4. Salways
  5. Salween
  6. Salwen
  7. Salwey
  8. Salweys
  9. Salwick
  10. Salyards
  11. Salyardses

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