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Nujiang 怒江
The Nujiang, ('Angry River' in Chinese) is a river, about 2,815 kilometres long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia. As the river enters Myanmar the name is changed to Salween River. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful Nujiang with its extensive drainage basin supports a biodiversity comparable with the Mekong and is home to about 7 million people. The first people to live on the Nujiang arrived in the region thousands of years ago, and are still relatively isolated from the rest of the world. The river is only navigable up to 90 kilometer from the mouth, and only in the rainy season.
The Nujiang, begins in the Qinghai Mountain on the Tibetan Plateau, near the headwaters of the Mekong and Yangtze rivers., initially flows west but then very shortly makes a great bend to the east, entering the Chinese province of Yunnan and the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Area, a World Heritage Site. It then makes a wide southward arc between the Tibetan and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateaus, dropping into what is often known as the "Grand Canyon of the East" or "China's Grand Canyon", a 4,000-meter-deep gorge that takes it past the Chinese border into northeastern Myanmar.
Indigenous people that lived on the river include Karen, Nu, Lisu, De'rung, Shan, Karenni, Va, Dai, Wa, Tai, Mon, and Yintailai. The river has served as the only connection between villages in the region for thousands of years. Although unnavigable by larger craft such as barges or ferries, the river was widely used for transportation by small boats, because the rugged surrounding terrain had no major roads or paths. The majority of the population living on the river has always been very poor, even in poverty, and the region remains largely agricultural.
A map of Nujiang, Salween River, as it enters Myanmar at the bottom
A satellite picture of Nujiang still in China
An over view of Nujiang's steep cannons
The first bend
A double bend. Many ethnic groups in China have lived here for millenniums and there was never a paved road until recent years
The first road that crossed the river was the Burma Road - this section is the 24 bends that's widen and paved in recent years
A view of the surrounding steep mountains
An old Burma Road bridge that's not being used anymore
The Nujiang, ('Angry River' in Chinese) is a river, about 2,815 kilometres long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia. As the river enters Myanmar the name is changed to Salween River. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful Nujiang with its extensive drainage basin supports a biodiversity comparable with the Mekong and is home to about 7 million people. The first people to live on the Nujiang arrived in the region thousands of years ago, and are still relatively isolated from the rest of the world. The river is only navigable up to 90 kilometer from the mouth, and only in the rainy season.
The Nujiang, begins in the Qinghai Mountain on the Tibetan Plateau, near the headwaters of the Mekong and Yangtze rivers., initially flows west but then very shortly makes a great bend to the east, entering the Chinese province of Yunnan and the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Area, a World Heritage Site. It then makes a wide southward arc between the Tibetan and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateaus, dropping into what is often known as the "Grand Canyon of the East" or "China's Grand Canyon", a 4,000-meter-deep gorge that takes it past the Chinese border into northeastern Myanmar.
Indigenous people that lived on the river include Karen, Nu, Lisu, De'rung, Shan, Karenni, Va, Dai, Wa, Tai, Mon, and Yintailai. The river has served as the only connection between villages in the region for thousands of years. Although unnavigable by larger craft such as barges or ferries, the river was widely used for transportation by small boats, because the rugged surrounding terrain had no major roads or paths. The majority of the population living on the river has always been very poor, even in poverty, and the region remains largely agricultural.
A map of Nujiang, Salween River, as it enters Myanmar at the bottom
A satellite picture of Nujiang still in China
An over view of Nujiang's steep cannons
The first bend
A double bend. Many ethnic groups in China have lived here for millenniums and there was never a paved road until recent years
The first road that crossed the river was the Burma Road - this section is the 24 bends that's widen and paved in recent years
A view of the surrounding steep mountains
An old Burma Road bridge that's not being used anymore
