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National Geographic : 2015 May
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112 national geographic • may 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 120°E90°E20°N20°N15°PlateauofTibet Bangkok Yangon (Rangoon) Nay Pyi Taw Dhaka Phnom Penh Hanoi Vientiane Can Tho Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Ban Pak Ing Ban Khok Yai Kolkata (Calcutta) Baoshan Existing Mekong River dams Under construction HAINANCHINATAIWANCHINAVIETNAMLAOS Planned VIETNAMTHAILANDCAMBODIAMYANMAR(BURMA)BANGLADESHBHUTANNEPALINDIA Wunonglong dam Miaowei dam Gongguoqiao dam MEKONG RIVER DELTA Lancang(Mekong)Meko n gSan(Sesan) Tonle Sap Khone Falls MEKONG RIVER BASIN AndamanSeaGulfofTonkinSouthChinaSea From its headwaters on the Tibetan Plateau, the Mekong River flows more than 2,600 miles through six countries before emptying into the South China Sea at its delta in Vietnam. The communist gov- ernment in Laos hopes that energy from its proposed dams will make Laos “the battery of Southeast Asia.” The Mekong flows through Myanmar for just 120 miles. INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN EQUATOR MEKONG RIVER BASIN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN ASIA AUSTRALIA EQUATOR RYAN MORRIS, NGM STAFF SOURCES: WORLDFISH CENTER; INTERNATIONAL RIVERS; MEKONG RIVER COMMISSION; KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NOTE: CHINA’S BAITA DAM (PLANNED) NOT SHOWN ON MAP.
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