A river of SE Asia, which rises in Tibet and flows for 2,400 km (1,500 miles) south-east and south through Burma to the Gulf of Martaban, an inlet of the Andaman Sea.
Definition of Salween in US English:
Salween
proper nounˈsalˌwēn
A river in Southeast Asia that rises in Tibet and flows for 1,500 miles (2,400 km) southeast and south through Burma (Myanmar) to the Gulf of Martaban, an inlet of the Andaman Sea.