Ta-hsopteng
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Ta-hsopteng or Tahsopteng is a river village on the Salween River
in Langhko Township, Langhko District, in the Shan State
of eastern Burma. It lies on the confluence of the Salween and the Nam Pang River
. A few miles beyond the junction is said to be "a strange whirlpool, at the place the river is in a gorge between limestone cliffs, which fall smooth and precipitous to the water's edge." It is located northwest of the Burma-Thailand border village of Wān Na-mon.
Salween River
The Salween is a river, about long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia. It drains a narrow and mountainous watershed of that extends into the countries China, Burma and Thailand. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful and undammed Salween, one of the...
in Langhko Township, Langhko District, in the Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . 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...
of eastern Burma. It lies on the confluence of the Salween and the Nam Pang River
Nam Pang River
The Nam Pang River is a major river of Shan State, eastern Burma. The largest tributary of the Salween River, it has its source in the hills somewhere northeast of Pangkyehtu. It joins the Salween at the village of Ta-hsopteng in Langhko District at...
. A few miles beyond the junction is said to be "a strange whirlpool, at the place the river is in a gorge between limestone cliffs, which fall smooth and precipitous to the water's edge." It is located northwest of the Burma-Thailand border village of Wān Na-mon.