Nu Jiang

E1043433

Nu Jiang is a major river in southwestern China that flows through steep gorges before continuing into Southeast Asia, where it is known as the Salween River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nu Jiang canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry China ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
borderFunction forms part of the border between Myanmar and Thailand ⓘ
country China ⓘ
emptiesInto Gulf of Martaban region of Andaman Sea ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Martaban
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsInto Andaman Sea ⓘ
flowsParallelTo Jinsha River ⓘ
Lancang River ⓘ
flowsThrough China ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
deep gorges ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasApproximateLength 2815 kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageDischarge significant but variable seasonal flow ⓘ
hasConservationStatus largely free-flowing in China ⓘ
hasDownstreamName Thanlwin River ⓘ
hasEcoregion Nujiang–Lancang Gorge forests ⓘ
hasInternationalRiverStatus transboundary river in Asia ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Gaoligong Mountain streams ⓘ
hasNameEtymology Chinese name 怒江 literally means “angry river” ⓘ
hasSourceRegion Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Plateau

Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
hasValley Nujiang Valley ⓘ
isPartOf Indo-Pacific river systems ⓘ
knownAs Nu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salween River ⓘ
怒江 ⓘ
knownAsInMyanmar Thanlwin ⓘ
knownAsInThailand Salawin ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Himalayas region ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas

Southwestern China ⓘ
linked to: Southwest China

Three Parallel Rivers region ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Andaman Sea ⓘ
partOf Salween River ⓘ
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas ⓘ
passesNear Lijiang ⓘ
passesThrough Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
subjectOf hydropower development debates ⓘ
upperCourseNameOf Salween River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thanlwin River → alsoKnownAs → Nu Jiang ⓘ