Shweli River

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The Shweli ( Burmese: ရွှေ လီ မြစ်, Shweli Myit, sinicized [ Note 1 ]瑞丽江, Ruili Jiang [ ʐweɪ̯ ˥ ˩ li ˥ ˩ ʨjɑŋ ˥ ], Shan Nam Mao, in the upper reaches chinese龙川 江, pinyin Longchuan Jiang ) is a current in Southeast Asia. It flows through the west of Yunnan in the People's Republic of China and northern Myanmar, and is one of the three major tributaries of the Irrawaddy. It flows through tropical area.

Course

The river rises as Longchuan Jiang in the north of the prefecture-level city of Baoshan, near the border with Kachin State of Myanmar, flows through the city in a north-south direction, then turns west towards the autonomous municipality Dehong Dai and Jingpo, flows through there the county-level city Mang and changes on entry into the county-level city Ruili Ruili his name to Jiang. Under this name, it forms the border with Myanmar Shan State before it completely enters it where it is called Nam Mao or af Burmese Shweli Myit. It flows through the north of the state in a north- westward arc, almost parallel to the border of Kachin State, and then turning to the west to empty into the Irrawaddy. The last approximately 10 km run in the area of ​​Sagaing Division after the river already about 50 km long formed the boundary between the Shan State and Sagaing Division.