Course

The Mekong rises, "Three Rivers Area 'of the Tibetan plateau Sanjiangyuan nature reserve as the Yangtze River and Lancang rivers along the Salween. It flows south through Yunnan through the Three Rivers Area Hengduan Mountains. After leaving China, which flows south- east, forming the border of Burma and Laos, about 100 km (62 miles) south-west of turns to form a short edge with Laos, Thailand. The Mekong River flows east and south of Laos, about 400 km (250 miles ), and defines the Laos-Thailand border, and some 850 km (530 miles), when it flows east, turning south through the Mid South-East Asia, which manages the capital of Laos, Vientiane. Mun River, at the confluence of occurs just before crossing the Mekong in Cambodia, where you get Sap River, which flows through the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Mekong slows its entry in Vietnam, where it divides into nine channels of the Mekong delta, emptying into the South China Sea.

Names

In English, the river is called the "Mekong", derived from "Mae Nam Khong," an expression both from Thailand and Laos. In Lao-Thai names, all major rivers are considered "mother river" is indicated by the prefix "Mae" which means "mother" and "nam" for water. In the Mekong, which means Mae Nam Khong Khong, the Mother of Water. "Khong" comes from the Sanskrit "Ganga", which means that the Ganges. Many northern Thailand and Laos, local refers to it as "Khong River". This is the case with the Mae Nam Ping in Chiang Mai, known as "the Ping River." Tonle Sap in Cambodia is a similar example - ". Sap River" where the Tonle translates as "Great lake or river," which makes the Tonle Sap River an unnecessary repetition of what is actually

In Thai, โขง (pronounced [kʰǒːŋ]) is a species of crocodile; some believe this is tone-shifted from คด [kʰót] or โค้ง [kʰóːŋ], both adjectives to describe curves or meanders of a river or road.

Since the river flows through a number of countries, it has many different names in local languages:

• Burmese: မဲခေါင်မြစ်, IPA: [mɛ́ɡàuɴ mjɪ̰ʔ]
• Chinese: Riverhead: 加果空桑贡玛曲, 扎那曲 and 扎曲 Zā Qū, upper reaches: 澜沧江, 瀾滄江 Láncāng Jiāng ("Turbulent River", "Láncāng" is also same to Lan Xang in Chinese), middle and lower reaches: 湄公河 Méigōng hé.
• Khmer: មេគង្គ Mékôngk [meekoŋ], ទន្លេមេគង្គ Tônlé Mékôngk [tʊənlee meekoŋ], ទន្លេធំ‎ Tônlé Thum [tʊənlee tʰom] ("Great River").
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ, [mɛː nâːm kʰɔ̌ːŋ], ນ້ຳຂອງ [nâːm kʰɔ̌ːŋ].
• Thai: แม่น้ำโขง, [mɛ̂ː náːm kʰǒːŋ].
• Tibetan: རྫ་ཆུ་; Wylie: rDza chu; ZWPY: Za qu
• Vietnamese: Sông Mê Kông (pronounced [soŋm mekoŋm]), Sông Lớn ("Great River", [soŋm lə̌ːn]), Sông Cửu Long ("Nine Dragons River", [soŋm kɨ̃w lɔŋ]).

Mekong

Mekong is a river in mainland China and Indochina. 10.-It is the world's longest river long and 7.-Asia. Its length is estimated at 4909 km (3050 mi) and drains an area of ​​795,000 km2 (307,000 square miles), releasing 475 km3 (114 cu MI) of water per year.

Since the Tibetan plateau, this river runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam established the Mekong River Commission in 1995 to assist management and the coordinated use of resources of the Mekong. In 1996, China and Burma has become a "dialogue partner" is the MRC and the six countries now jointly co-operation.

Seasonal variations in the flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls of the river navigation are very difficult.