Teng River

Teng River or Nam Teng is a river of Shan State, eastern Burma. It is a tributary of the Salween River.[1]

Teng River
Location
CountryMyanmar
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationShan Hills
Mouth 
 • location
Salween at Ta-hsopteng
 • coordinates
19°51′43″N 97°44′45″E
 • elevation
145 m (476 ft)

Course

The river has its source in the Shan Hills north of Mongkung and flows roughly eastwards and then southwards past the towns of Kawnlang, Namsang and Langhko. A deep channel in the area of Langhko is called the Nam Teng canal and existed at least before 1906.[2] The Teng River joins the Salween from the right side at the village of Ta-hsopteng in Langhko District.

Legend

River Teng is repeatedly mentioned in the traditional Shan folktale 'Nang Upem and Khun Samlaw', the latter a native of Keng Tawng according to the legend. Among other instances it is the place where Khun Samlaw met Nang Upem for the first time. When suffering Nang Upem bore a still-born son by the river, she cried and did not want to put the dead baby in the river for fear it would become a fish.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. FAO - Salween Basin
  2. Burma. 1906. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  3. Gerry Abbot ed. The Folk-Tales of Burma: An Introduction. p. 350
  4. Kanbawsa - A series of articles on the Shan States of Burma


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