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Definitions for Mekong
ˈmeɪ kɔŋ, -kɒŋ, ˈmi-mekong

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mekong, Mekong Rivernoun

    an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea

Wiktionary

  1. Mekongnoun

    A river of southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.

Wikipedia

  1. Mekong

    The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,909 km (3,050 mi), and it drains an area of 795,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult. Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia.

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  1. mekong

    The Mekong is a major trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia, one of the world's longest waterways, and the 12th longest river in the world. It flows through several countries - China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is approximately 4,350 km (2,703 miles) long and plays a crucial role in terms of agriculture, fishing, transport, and culture in the region it passes through.

Wikidata

  1. Mekong

    The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,350 km, and it drains an area of 795,000 km², discharging 457 km³ of water annually. From the Tibetan Plateau this river runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. In 1995, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam established the Mekong River Commission to assist in the management and coordinated use of the Mekong's resources. In 1996 China and Burma became "dialogue partners" of the MRC and the six countries now work together within a cooperative framework. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in this river have made navigation difficult. The river is a major trading route linking China’s southwestern province of Yunnan to Laos, Burma and Thailand to the south, an important trade route between western China and Southeast Asia.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mekong in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mekong in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Mekong in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Douglas:

    Organized crime groups have been able to continue the expansion of the regional synthetic drug trade -- in particular in the upper Lower Mekong and Shan state of Myanmar -- by maintaining a steady supply of chemicals into production areas despite border restrictions that have impacted legitimate cross-border trade.

  2. Niwat Roykaew:

    We cannot just sit around and wait for China to say when they are releasing the water from their dams; Mekong countries need to have a say on this too.

  3. Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

    China has overcome its own difficulty and increased water outflow from the Lancang River to help Mekong countries mitigate the drought, we also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources.

  4. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida:

    Japan would like to work with the countries of the Mekong region to create a framework to support efforts by the Mekong countries in a detailed manner, on a region-by-region basis or on a theme-by-theme basis.

  5. Lee Poston:

    By highlighting these incredible discoveries by hundreds of the world's scientists, we are sending a message that even though the threats are immense to wildlife in the Greater Mekong, there is still hope for the future, because so many amazing new species are being discovered all the time.

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