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A river is a natural flowing watercourse , usually freshwater , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another river . In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the ___MASK83___ , " burn " in Scotland and northeast ___MASK95___ , and " beck " in northern ___MASK95___ . Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . The Salween (, is a river , about long , that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia . ___MASK80___ , officially the Republic of the Union of ___MASK80___ and also known as Burma , is a sovereign state in South East Asia bordered by Bangladesh , India , China , Laos and Thailand . About one third of ___MASK80___ ' s total perimeter of 5 , 876 km ( 3 , 651 miles ), forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1 , 930 km ( 1 , 200 miles ) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea . The country ' s 2014 census revealed a much lower population than expected , with 51 million people recorded . ___MASK80___ is 676 , 578 square kilometres ( 261 , 227 sq mi ) in size . Its capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is Yangon ( Rangoon ). Teng River or Nam Teng is a river of Shan State , eastern Burma . It is a tributary of the Salween River . Taunggyi (; Shan : ) is the capital of Shan State , ___MASK80___ ( Burma ) and lies within the Myelat region . Taunggyi has an estimated population of 380 , 665 as of 2014 , making it the fifth largest city in ___MASK80___ ( with Naypyidaw , Bago ), and is at an elevation of above sea level . The name Taunggyi means " huge mountain " in the Burmese language , and is named after the ridge on the east of the city , part of the Shan Hills system , whose prominent high point is called " Taung - chun " or " The Spur ." Locally this spur is popularly known as " Phaya Taung ". The ridge has a more prominent and more popular feature known as " Chauk Talone ", meaning the " Craigs ." Lashio is the largest town in northern Shan State , ___MASK80___ , about north - east of Mandalay . It is situated on a low mountain spur overlooking the valley of the Nam Yao river . Loi Leng , the highest mountain of the Shan Hills , is located to the south - east of Lashio . Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia , consisting of the countries that are geographically south of ___MASK85___ , east of India , west of New Guinea and north of Australia . The region lies near the intersection of geological plates , with heavy seismic and volcanic activity . Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions : ___MASK85___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK85___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK85___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK85___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Shan State (; Shan : ) is a state of ___MASK80___ . Shan State borders China to the north , Laos to the east , and Thailand to the south , and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west . Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area , Shan State covers 155 , 800 km² , almost a quarter of the total area of Burma . The state gets its name from the Shan people , one of several ethnic groups that inhabit the area . Shan State is largely rural , with only three cities of significant size : Lashio , Kengtung , and the capital , Taunggyi . Taungyyi is 150 . 7 km north east of the nation ' s capital Naypyitaw . The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal , south of ___MASK80___ ( Burma ), west of Thailand , north - west of Malay Peninsula , north of Sumatra and east of the Andaman Islands , India , from which it takes its name ; it is part of the Indian Ocean . The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia . The Shan live primarily in the Shan State of Burma ( ___MASK80___ ), but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Region , Kachin State , and Kayin State , and in adjacent regions of China , Laos and Thailand . Though no reliable census has been taken in Burma since 1935 , the Shan are estimated to number between 4 - 6 million . ___MASK49___ , (, , or , " Lo ") officially the Lao People ' s Democratic Republic , ( Lao :          , " Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao ") or commonly referred to its colloquial name of Muang Lao ( Lao :    , " Muang Lao ") is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia , bordered by ___MASK80___ ( Burma ) and China to the northwest , Vietnam to the east , Cambodia to the southwest , and Thailand to the west and southwest . The Tibetan Plateau , also known in ___MASK85___ as the Qinghai  Tibet Plateau or the Qingzang Plateau or Himalayan Plateau , is a vast elevated plateau in Central Asia and East Asia , covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western ___MASK85___ , as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir state of India . It stretches approximately north to south and east to west . With an average elevation exceeding , the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called " the Roof of the World " and is the world ' s highest and largest plateau , with an area of ( about five times the size of Metropolitan France ). Sometimes termed the Third Pole , the Tibetan Plateau contains the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions . Its tens of thousands of glaciers and other geographical and ecological features serve as a " water tower " storing water and maintaining flow . The impact of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau is of intense scientific interest . ___MASK74___ ( or ), officially the Kingdom of ___MASK74___ , formerly known as Siam , is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia . With a total area of approximately , ___MASK74___ is the world ' s 51st - largest country . It is the 20th - most - populous country in the world , with around 66 million people . The capital and largest city is Bangkok .