The Salween River (Burmese: သံလ္ဝင္မ္ရစ္; IPA: [θànlwìn myiʔ]; also spelle Salwine) rises in Tibet, Tibetan (རྒྱ་མོ་དངུལ་ཆུ་) after which it flows through Yunnan, where it is known as the Nujiang river (Chinese: 怒江; pinyin: Nù Jiāng), although either name can be used for the whole river. The river is 2815 km long. It then leaves China and meanders through Burma (where it is known as the Thanlwin) and Thailand (where it is known as the Salawin, Thai: สาละวิน) on its way to emptying in the Andaman Sea by Mawlamyaing (Moulmien).