Asia’s longest free-flowing river faces threats of dams and diversions

Mongabay
Aug 6, 2025, 9:49 am71 ptsTrending
The Salween River, at around 3,300 kilometers, or 2,000 miles, is Asia’s longest free-flowing river, running from Tibet through Myanmar to the Andaman Sea. But Indigenous groups and communities living along its banks in China, Myanmar and Thailand say they fear hydropower development might cause the river to…

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