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The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water annually.
6 days ago · Mekong River, the longest river in Southeast Asia, 7th longest in Asia, and 12th longest in the world, with a length of about 2,700 miles (4,350 km).
Jun 23, 2021 · The Mekong River is Southeast Asia’s longest river, covering approximately 4,900 kilometers from its source in China’s Tibetan Plateau to its mouth in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. It drains six countries with its drainage basin spanning 795,000 square kilometers.
The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia, the 7th longest in Asia and the 12th longest in the world. It is approximately 2,700 miles (4,350 km) long. It originates in Qinghai Province, China, and flows through the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province.
The Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia, the 12th longest in the world and the 10th largest in terns of volume. With about half of its length in China, it flows for 4,620 kilometers (2,870 miles) and provides food and water for 60 million people and disgorges 475 billion cubic meters of water each year into the South China Sea.
This is the ‘rice bowl’ of Asia and at its heart lays the Mekong River. Winding almost 3,000 miles from the Tibetan plateau down to the South China Sea, the Mekong River boasts the world's largest inland fishery. It accounts for up to 25 percent of the global freshwater catch and provides livelihoods for tens of millions of people.
Mekong River, Chinese Lancang Jiang or Lan-Ts’ang Chiang, Longest river of Southeast Asia. Rising in southern Qinghai province, China, it flows south through eastern Tibet and across the highlands of Yunnan province.
Mar 14, 2024 · The Lower Mekong, stretching beneath the China border, has seen about 17% of its rivers impacted primarily due to dam constructions in China, according to a 2022 WWF study. The repercussions of these interventions reverberate far downstream, affecting communities and wildlife alike.
Mekong: The last chance to save a mighty river. The Mekong is slowly dying. A warming world and hydropower dams are destroying one of the world’s richest ecosystems - and threatening the...
The Mekong river – one of the world’s longest – provides food, water and livelihoods to some 60 million people in six countries. For much of its journey, it slides through tropical climates;...
