MEKONG RIVER

KHMER MEKONG RIVER

Mekong River, one of the largest rivers in the world. Along the 4,200 km river originates in Tibet and eastern China, and a height of 500 mm. Mekong Basin prenatal 800,000 km 2 is the fourth river in Asia. The river flows through China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and South Vietnam. This river can be three categories:

1. Above river

The upper river, from the origin arrived in Vientiane (Laos) and very flexible because the landscape there and get water from the left side tributaries are the gorge.

2. Middle River

Central River from Vientiane to Kratie tremendous range Vinaya like Cam (length 150 km) County (12 km) and the rich (50 km). And the left tributaries are also important.

3. River below

Following the river from Kratie to the China Sea. Kratie, from a distance of 510 km from the sea navigable season in the Mekong River. Sap River intersect four tributaries according Khmer Bassac river Sap (river) above rivers (MRC) and the following rivers (river outside). Mekong Delta as width, length, sometimes up to 2 km and a lot of islets or long sand pile sandauktowrok sea.

Khmer Mekong

Khmer Mekong rivers along the 500 km from the county to the Vietnamese border. Public river in the rainy season, there are 34,000 m 3 is equal to twenty times the public in the summer. But the regime of the river is also very irregular.

In the dry season from November to May, Tonle Sap water from the Tonle Sap and Mekong always bring water, the Tonle Sap in Phnom Penh, and drainage on both hands down to the sea.

In the rainy season from June to October, water from melting glaciers in Tibet and the Mekong River down the rain with great speed, and in some places the water level height to 30. Not only is this great flood water south but also network reflux into the sap. Flooding first began in Laos in July and down gradually, and maximum flood in Phnom Penh at the end of September (up from 7 to 9).

Dutch lakes and chains from Kratie to Vietnam Mekong River regime functions regularly. Or loss of water lakes occur after rainfall or Flood of the river, the lake is always associated with the river through the canal. Flood season often dry canal and lake water remaining minimum.