From its source in the Tibetan Plateau,
the Mekong River travels over four thousand kilometers through six countries,
eventually flowing through the vast Mekong Delta of Vietnam and into the sea.
More than sixty million people rely on the river for their culture, livelihoods
and food security. The Mekong basin, however, is rapidly changing. Hydro power
dams on the Mekong mainstream are soon to be built. Critically claimed, the
film MEKONG examines the issues of hydro power development and its impact on Mekong
River citizen's lives.
The Khone Falls are the largest in Southeast Asia
and they are the main reason that the Mekong is not fully navigable into China. The falls are
characterized by thousands of islands and countless waterways, giving the area
its name Si Phan Don
or 'The 4,000 islands'.
The highest falls reach to 21 metres
(69 ft); the succession of rapids stretch 9.7 km (6.0 mi) of the river's
length. The average discharge of the cataract is nearly 11,000 m3/s
(390,000 cu ft/s), though the highest volume on record was reached at
over 49,000 m3/s (1,700,000 cu ft/s)
(Source: Wikipedia)
Đầu nguồn sông Cửu Long: Điểm hợp lưu
2 dòng Tonle Sap và Mekong
(By LymHa)
The Mekong River is approximately
3,937 feet wide at it's widest point in Laos. This river runs through the
countries of China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
The Mekong River originates at the
Lasagongma Spring which is located in the high plateaus of Tibet and is about
4350 kilometers long and discharges about 16000 cubic feet of water per
second. At its widest points, it is 1.2 kilometers across.