Shweli River
Shweli River is a river in China and Myanmar, also known as the Nam Mao 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 in Dai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Lung Kiang”, “Lung-ch’uan Chiang”, “Namma”, “Nammaw”, “Nan-mao Chiang”, “Shweli Myit”, and “Sweli”
Shweli River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Shweli River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Shweli”
- Burmese: “ရွှေလီမြစ်”
- Cebuano: “Shweli”
- Chinese: “瑞丽江”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شويلى”
- French: “Nam Mao”
- French: “Shweli”
- German: “Longchuan Jiang”
- German: “Ruili Jiang”
- German: “Shweli”
- Irish: “Abhainn Shweli”
- Italian: “Shweli”
- Japanese: “シュウェリ川”
- Japanese: “瑞麗江”
- Polish: “Shweli”
- Shan: “ၼမ်ႉမၢဝ်း”
- South Azerbaijani: “شوالی چایی”
- Tai Nüa: “Rui Li Jiang”
- Tai Nüa: “ᥘᥛᥳ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ”
- Tai Nüa: “ᥘᥤᥲ ᥓᥦᥒᥰ”
- Tai Nüa: “瑞丽江”
- Thai: “น้ำมาว”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำมาว, แม่น้ำรุ่ยลี่”
- Welsh: “Afon Shweli”
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