This is the middle river of the Three Parallel Rivers protected area, and another UNESCO World Heritage site along its course is the former royal capital of Luang Prabang.
This is the middle river of the Three Parallel Rivers protected area, and another UNESCO World Heritage site along its course is the former royal capital of Luang Prabang. The 150-pound giant river carp native to this river are nearly extinct, for which this river's namesake Commission blames the Manwan Dam upstream in Yunnan Province. Annual floods of this river irrigate farmland and replenish the (*) Tonle Sap, but in September 2011 hundreds of people died in this river's floods, which even forced several tourists to be airlifted out of Angkor Wat. Both Vientiane and Ho Chi Minh City are located on this river, which forms the boundary between Thailand and Laos. For 10 points, name this river that flows into the South China Sea in southern Vietnam.
This is the middle river of the Three Parallel Rivers protected area, and another UNESCO World Heritage site along its course is the former royal capital of Luang Prabang.
Mekong River