Namwan River
| Namwan River 南宛河 | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Huguo Township, Longchuan County, Dehong |
| • elevation | 2,520 m |
| Mouth | |
• location | Nongdao Town, Ruili City, Dehong |
• coordinates | 23°50′39″N 97°38′40″E / 23.84417°N 97.64444°E |
• elevation | 743 m |
| Length | 148.5 km |
| Basin size | 1,439 km² |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 11.3 m³/s (Maliba hydrological station at Chengzi, Longchuan)[2]: 35 |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Irrawaddy River |
| Population | 132,000 (2004)[1]: 92 |
Namwan River (Chinese: 南宛河; Tai Nüa: ᥘᥛᥳ ᥝᥢᥰ) is a river in China and Myanmar. Namwan River rises in the mountain called Ganya Liangzi at the northern section of Longchuan County, Yunnan. It through the Longchuan county, as the major irrigation water source of the fields in the basin. And entering the valley at the southwest of Zhangfeng, the county town of Longchuan. Then it became the boundary between Myanmar and China until it entering Shweli River at Nongdao, Ruili.[1]: 92
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Codification Committee (2014). 中国河湖大典 西南诸河卷 [Encyclopedia of Rivers and Lakes in China：Section of River Basins in Southwest Region] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Water&Power Press. ISBN 978-7-5170-2699-0.
- ^ Yunnan Hydrology And Water Resources Bureau Dehong Branch, ed. (2012). 德宏水文志 [Hydrology Annals of Dehong]. Mangshi: Dehong Nationalities Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-80750-801-4.