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Shweli River

The 613th longest river in the world

610 km

Shweli River (Burmese) is a river in China and Myanmar (Burma), also known as the Nam Mao (Shan, Tai Nüa: ᥘᥛᥳ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ) in Shan or Dai, and Ruili River in Chinese. The middle and upper reaches of the river are called the Longchuan River or Long River in Chinese, or the Nam Yang (Tai Nüa: ᥘᥛᥳ ᥕᥣᥒᥰ) in Dai. The river forms 26 km of the boundary between Burma and China, and it is one of the tributaries of Myanmar's chief river, the Ayeyarwady, and originates in Yunnan Province of China. It flows through northern Shan state and Sagaing Division, and enters the Ayeyarwady at Inywa, 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Tagaung and south of Katha.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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