Another town which this river flows through gained prominence after the defeat of Bandula at Ava, leading to the signing of the Treaty of Yandabo.
One town this river flows through is the site of a dangerous descent to Sadeng. Originating near Nagqu, it flows east then south past Gaoligong Shan, emptying near a city in Tenasserim that has a characteristic Shampoo island. Another town which this river flows through gained prominence after the defeat of Bandula at Ava, leading to the signing of the Treaty of Yandabo. Passing by Bir as well as the city that served as the setting for ► George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant, it saw the Hatgyi Dam project on it abandoned after an insurrection of the Karen people. Emptying into the Gulf of Martaban at Moulmein, for 10 points, name this river which forms part of the border between Myanmar and Thailand, and with the Mekong and Yangtze rivers is one of China's Three Parallel Rivers.
One town this river flows through is the site of a dangerous descent to Sadeng.
Salween [or Nu Jiang; or Thanlivin]