The River Mekong
- Created by: Neuron
- Created on: 07-06-16 10:00
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- A trans-boundary water issue
- The River Mekong flows through S.E Asia
- China
- Myanmar
- Laos
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- It flows through the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea
- 60million people rely upon the river for fishing, fresh water and transport
- China have begun to build dams across the river
- The annual floods cannot take place
- Which mens that crops cannot grow in other countries that rely upon this
- Affects the natural discharge of the river
- The annual floods cannot take place
- Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam set up the Mekong River Commision funded by the EU and the World Bank
- It aims to create sustainable Hydro-Electric Power projects
- Fishery programmes aimed at carefully managing fish stocks and share the knowledge
- River Navigation set up to make transport safer across the river
- Socio-economic and eco-friendly river basin
- The River Mekong flows through S.E Asia
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