Salween,

Salween, a river of Asia that flows south through the Shan country, then between Siam and British Burma, and flows into the Gulf of Martaban a little below Maulmain. It is navigable for only about 80 miles up from its mouth; its bed is then interrupted by rapids and the dangerous ravines through which it passes. The Chinese call it the Lukiang; they also give the same name to the Tibetan Giana Nu-chu. It is, however, uncertain whether this last, which has a course of some 700 miles through Tibet, and whose course is known down to $27^\{\backslash circ\}\; 45\text{'}\; N.$ lat., is the upper part of the Salween or the upper part of the Irawadi (q.v.). The course of the Salween (also spelt Salwen, Salwin, and Salouain) is known only as high as 25° N. lat. The question can only be settled when the gap of 2½ degrees has been explored. See the discussion in Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc. (1887).