The Salween (Burmese: သံလွင်မြစ်, IPA: [θàɴlwɪ̀ɴ mjɪʔ], also spelt Thanlwin; Mon: သာန်လာန်, [san lon]; Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ།, Wylie: rGyl mo rNGul chu, Gyalmo Ngulchu; Chinese: 怒江; pinyin: Nù Jiāng, literally "Angry River" in Chinese —the river is actually named after the Nu people living in the area, but Chinese having no phonetic script had to use a character with a similar sound as Nu which happens to be the character for rage; Shan and Thai IPA: [mɛ̂ː náːm sǎːla.win], Mae Nam Salawin (Thai: แม่น้ำสาละวิน); is a river, about 2,815 kilometres (1,749 mi) long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia.