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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 ...
In 2018, water levels in the Mekong River fell to their lowest in more than 100 years, even during the annual monsoon season. [51] The Jinghong Dam , as of January 2020 the nearest Chinese dam upstream of the Thai border, has caused huge fluctuations in river levels, affecting people's livelihoods downstream by disrupting the river's natural cycle.
The Mekong River system. The Mekong River, one of the world's major rivers, drains into the South China Sea. It is the 11th-longest river in the world, and the 12th-largest by volume (discharging 475 cubic kilometres (114 cu mi) of water annually). Its estimated length is 4,880 kilometres (3,030 mi), and it drains an area of 810,000 square ...
In 2023, Myanmar became the world’s largest producer of opium after an estimated 1,080 t (1,060 long tons; 1,190 short tons) of the drug was produced, according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report, [10] while a crackdown by the Taliban reduced opium production by approximately 95% to 330 t (320 long tons; 360 short tons) in ...
Largest rivers in the world by volume discharge: River Average discharge (km 3 /year) at mouth ... Mekong: Mekong Delta: 15,856 3,000 39,000 South China Sea [29] 11
River Countries Length km mi 1 Yangtze (Cháng Jiāng 長江) [1] China: 6,300 3,915 2 Yellow River (Huáng Hé 黃河) [1] China: 5,464 3,395 3 Mekong [1] China ...
Virgin River has become one of Netflix’s most beloved dramas. The story (which is based on the best-selling book series by Robyn Carr) follows a nurse practitioner who moves to a small town for ...
The origins of the Mekong Committee are linked to the legacy of (de)colonialism in Indochina and subsequent geopolitical developments. The political, social, and economic conditions of the Mekong River basin countries evolved dramatically since the 1950s, when the Mekong represented the "only large river left in the world, besides the Amazon, which remained virtually unexploited."