A major river of Southeast Asia rising on the Tibetan Plateau and flowing roughly 4,300 kilometers through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea. It sustains one of the world's largest inland fisheries and the rice-growing economies of the countries it passes through.
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The Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia, running through the Indochinese peninsula.
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Wikidata: Mekong River
Indochina (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Indochina, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Indochina, Lead section
The Mekong is 4,900 km long and the longest river in Southeast Asia.
Mekong (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Rivers of Asia, lead paragraph: transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia
Shaped By: Erosion, Formation statement for target 23652
From 36 to 8 Ma the bulk (76%) of the sediments deposited in the delta came from erosion of the bedrock in the Three Rivers area.
On Continent: Asia, Lead
The Mekong or Mekong River (UK: mee-KONG, US: may-KAWNG) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
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