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Mekong

noun

An Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea. Synonym: Mekong River.

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... lies to the east of the Bay of Bengal, and covers a range of country extending from the Pakchan river in 9 deg. 55' north latitude to the Naga and Chingpaw, or Kachin hills, lying roughly between the 27th and 28th degrees of north latitude; and from the Bay of Bengal on the west to the Mekong river, the boundary of the dependent Shan States on the east, that is to say, roughly, between the 92nd and 100th degrees of east longitude. The extreme length from north to south is almost 1200 m., and the broadest part, which is in about latitude 21 deg. north, ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various

... timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential Land use: arable land: 16% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 76% other: 4% Irrigated land: 920 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: a land of paddies and forests dominated by Mekong River and Tonle Sap Note: buffer between ...

— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Words linked to "Mekong" : mainland China, Communist China, Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand, Kampuchea, Red China, Myanmar, china, Mekong River, Siam, PRC, river, Cathay, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Union of Burma, Laos, Burma, People's Republic of China, Kingdom of Cambodia