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The Mekong River flows in from the northeast and the Tonle Sab — a river emanating from the Tonle Sap — flows in from the northwest.
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Communist guerrillas recently have been reported increasing their activities and the great flood of the Mekong River has interposed a new crisis.
The slim pirogues in harmony with the majestically meandering Mekong River.
The most advanced groups lived along the coast and in the lower Mekong River valley and delta regions in houses constructed on stilts where they cultivated rice, fished and kept domesticated animals.
The Khmers, vassals of Funan, had reached the Mekong River from the northern Menam River via the Mun River Valley.
Cambodia enjoyed a brief period of prosperity during the 16th century because its kings, who built their capitals in the region southeast of the Tonle Sap along the Mekong River, promoted trade with other parts of Asia.
Dominant features are the large, almost centrally located, Tonle Sap ( Great Lake ) and the Mekong River, which traverses the country from north to south and is the 12th longest river in the world.
Except for the smaller rivers in the southeast, most of the major rivers and river systems in Cambodia drain into the Tonle Sap or into the Mekong River.
The Mekong River in Cambodia flows southward from the Cambodia-Laos border to a point below Kracheh city, where it turns west for about 50 kilometers and then turns southwest to Phnom Penh.
They divide into two parallel channels, the Mekong River proper and the Basak River, and flow independently through the delta areas of Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea.
In September or in October, the flow of the Mekong River, fed by monsoon rains, increases to a point where its outlets through the delta cannot handle the enormous volume of water.
a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap
* 1967 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch " Operation Deckhouse Five " in the Mekong River delta.
* 1785 – Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong River by the Tay Son in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
Most of the western border of Laos is demarcated by the Mekong River, which is an important artery for transportation.
These mountains are sparsely populated by tribal minorities who traditionally have not acknowledged the border with Vietnam any more than lowland Lao have been constrained by the 1, 754-kilometer Mekong River border with Thailand.
In the north, the country is bounded by a mountainous 423-kilometer border with China and shares the 235-kilometer-long Mekong River border with Burma.
Clear-cut hillside along the Mekong River
lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
Most people live in valleys of the Mekong River and its tributaries.
In an attempt to stimulate further international commerce, the PDR Lao government accepted Australian aid to build a bridge across the Mekong River to Thailand.
The railway crossed over the islands of Don Det and Don Khon, enabling vessels, freight and passengers to travel along the Mekong River.
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* the Mekong ( Lancang ), which flows from Tibet into the South China Sea forming the boundaries between Laos and Burma, between Laos and Thailand and through Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
The Mekong basin forms nearly the entire eastern boundary of the watershed, while the Irrawaddy River flows southwards on the west side of the basin.
The Loei River, which flows through the province, is a tributary of the Mekong, which forms the northern boundary of the province with neighboring Laos.
The provincial capital and old seat of the kingdom, Luang Prabang, is strikingly situated on a narrow peninsula that bisects the conjunction of the Mekong River, flowing south along the west side of the city, and the Mae Kok River, a tributary of the Mekong the flows from the east but angles north just before the confluence of the two rivers.
It then flows east through the Khorat Plateau in southern Isan ( Buriram, Surin and Sisaket provinces ) for 466 miles ( 750 km ) until it joins the Mekong at Khong Chiam in Ubon Ratchathani.
Yangbi River is the lake's outlet in the South and eventually flows into the Lancang River ( Mekong River ).
Critics noted that the emphasis on " flood control " rather than dry season flows represented an important omission given the concerns prioritized by the Mekong regime.
At the east the lake empties into the Ing River, which then flows to the Mekong.
Khong Jiam is located in a triangle of land where the Mun River flows into the Mekong River, as the Mekong turns east and flows into Laos.
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File: Defoliation agent spraying. jpg | A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent over farmland in the Mekong Delta
Although the Mekong was established as a border by French colonial forces, travel from one side to the other has been significantly limited only since the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( LPDR, or Laos ) in 1975.
Temperatures range from highs around along the Mekong in March and April to lows of or less in the uplands of Xiangkhoang and Phôngsali in January.
The Mekong and Nam Ou are the only natural channels suitable for large-draft boat transportation, and from December through May low water limits the size of the draft that may be used over many routes.
The Mekong runs from the Tibetan Plateau through China's Yunnan province entering Northeastern Burma into Laos.
The narrow, flat coastal lowlands extend from south of the Red River Delta to the Mekong River basin.
The Salween, Mekong, Yangtze and Huang He ( Yellow River ) all originate from parts of the Tibetan plateau that are geologically distinct from the Himalaya mountains, and are therefore not considered true Himalayan rivers.
The lake region extends from the Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh, Lake Rakshastal, Yamdrok Lake and Lake Manasarovar near the source of the Indus River, to the sources of the Salween, the Mekong and the Yangtze.
Aside from some districts in the Mekong Delta, the Viet Cong failed to create a governing apparatus in South Vietnam following Tet, according to an assessment of captured documents by the U. S. CIA.
Apart from the whole of Borneo, it also includes Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, as well as the Chao Phraya and Mekong drainage basins.
* the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve or Three Rivers Nature Reserve, in the area of Qinghai province, containing the headwaters of ( from north to south ) the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Mekong River.
* The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, in Yunan Province, within the drainage basins of the upper reaches of ( from north to south ) the Yangtze River, the Mekong River, and the Salween River.
On July 2005, the second Greater Mekong Subregion ( GMS ) Summit was held in Kunming, with government leaders from China, Laos, Myanmar ( Burma ), Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam participating.
The boundary of the gulf is defined by the line from Cape Bai Bung in southern Vietnam ( just south of the mouth of the Mekong river ) to the city Kota Baru on the Malaysian coast.
Lan Xang extended from the border of China to Sambor below the Mekong rapids at Khong Island and from the Vietnamese border to the western escarpment of the Khorat Plateau.
In November 1975, the Prince escaped from Laos by swimming across the Mekong river to Thailand.
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