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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 [ 1 ] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [ 1 ] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. [ 2 ]
The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit. 'Nine Dragon River Delta' or simply Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, 'Mekong River Delta'), also known as the Western Region (Vietnamese: Miền Tây) or South-western region (Vietnamese: Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of ...
Economic corridors of the Greater Mekong Subregion. Mekong River sunrise, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Greater Mekong Subregion, (GMS) or just Greater Mekong, is a trans-national region of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The region is home to more than 300 million people. It came into being with the launch of a development program in ...
Rainwater is one of the most important sources of water. Thailand's water resource per capita is less than that of other countries in the region. [ 1] The two principal river systems of Thailand are the Chao Phraya and the Mekong. Together, these rivers support the irrigation for Thailand's agricultural economy.
The Golden Triangle is a large, mountainous region of approximately 200,000 km 2 (77,000 sq mi) [ 1] in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos, centered on the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers. [ 2][ 3] The name "Golden Triangle" was coined by Marshall Green, a U.S. State Department official, in 1971 in a press ...
459 km (285 mi) Basin size. 29,300 km 2 (11,300 sq mi) Discharge. • average. 596 m 3 /s (21,000 cu ft/s) The Pahang River ( Malay: Sungai Pahang) mainly flows through the state of Pahang, Malaysia. Its drainage basin covers its Pahang as well as the neighbouring state of Negeri Sembilan . At 459 km in length, it is the longest river on the ...
PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER. August 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM. The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew ...
001 – World. Southeast Asia[ a] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [ 5] Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of ...