enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mekong expedition of 1866–1868 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_expedition_of_1866...

    Mekong River map Archived 2015-02-16 at the Wayback Machine; Mission Pavie, Indo-Chine, 1879-1895 (in English and French) The Colonization of Indochina (in English and French) "Indochina" is a tourism book published in 1910; Mekong Exploration Commission (Detailed website) Archived 2020-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

  3. Mekong - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong

    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 ...

  4. Mekong River massacre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River_massacre

    All 13 crew members on both ships were killed and dumped in the river. [2] It was the deadliest attack on Chinese nationals abroad in modern times. [3] In response, China temporarily suspended shipping on the Mekong, and reached an agreement with Myanmar, Thailand and Laos to jointly patrol the river. [3]

  5. Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm ...

    www.aol.com/news/fears-grow-dam-across-mekong...

    Landlocked Laos doesn't have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and historical sites to bring in visitors.

  6. River systems of Thailand - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_systems_of_Thailand

    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 ...

  7. Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast...

    Most of the world's heroin came from the Golden Triangle until the early 21st century when opium production in Afghanistan increased. [7] Myanmar was the world's second-largest source of opium after Afghanistan up to 2022, producing some 25% of the world's opium, forming part of the Golden Triangle.

  8. Xayaburi Dam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xayaburi_Dam

    An MRC report claims that dam projects on the Mekong River will reduce aquatic life by 40% by 2020, and predicted that 80% of fish will be depleted by 2040. Thailand will be impacted, as its fish stocks in the Mekong will decline by 55%, Laos will be reduced by 50%, Cambodia by 35%, and Vietnam by 30%. [32]

  9. 1970 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_in_the_Vietnam_War

    Shortly after midnight, troops entered the village, founded as a Roman Catholic mission on the waters of the Mekong River in the Chrouy Changvar area near Phnom Penh and removed the men and boys and shot them. Days later, hundreds of the corpses of the victims (which included more from outside of Xom Bien) were seen floating down the Mekong ...