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The Mekong or Mekong River (UK: / m iː ˈ k ɒ ŋ / mee-KONG, US: / ˌ m eɪ ˈ k ɔː ŋ / may-KAWNG) [1] [2] is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia [3] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [3] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water ...
This is a list of rivers in Cambodia. Mekong River in Kratié Province Hav River in Preah Sihanouk Province Sangkae River in Battambang Province Teuk Chhou River in Kampot Province Tonle Sap near Phnom Penh
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Mekong River (9 C, 21 P) T. Tonlé Sap (18 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Cambodia" The following 26 pages are in this ...
The annual monsoon coincides to cease around this time of the year. As the Mekong river begins its minimum around this time of the year and its water level falls deeper than the inundated Tonle Sap lake, Tonle Sap river and surrounding wetlands, waters of the lake's basin now drains via the Tonle Sap river into the Mekong. [38] [39]
The following is a list of crossings of the Mekong River. The Mekong is a river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. From the Tibetan Plateau, this river runs through China's Yunnan province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
The area near Kratié along the Mekong River was one of the most densely populated regions of the pre-Angkorian era of Cambodia. [2] Lon Nol was the province's governor in 1945. [3] During the Vietnam and Cambodian Civil Wars and the subsequent Vietnamese presence against Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, intense fighting took place in Kratié. [4]
Because the Khone Falls stop the Mekong river from carrying boat traffic to and from China, French colonialists in the late 19th century made repeated attempts to navigate the falls. Their efforts failed, which led to the construction of the Don Det–Don Khon railway on Don Det and Don Khon islands.
When the level of the Mekong decreases, the Tonle Sap River reverses its flow and water flows back from the Tonle Sap Lake into the Mekong River. [4] [5] The Mekong flows from north to south, over a distance of around 480 km. About 86% of Cambodia's territory (156,000 km 2 (60,232 sq mi)) is included in the Mekong's basin with the remaining 14% ...