Its source was not discovered until 1995; French explorer Michel Peissel found it in a high mountain pass.  
Its source was not discovered until 1995; French explorer Michel Peissel found it in a high mountain pass.  The UN's plans to tap this river with a hydroelectric plant were scratched with the outbreak of war in 1959, but have been reinitiated with vigor: by 1996, fifty-four dams were planned along its banks.  FTP, name this 2600 mile river that passes through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Its source was not discovered until 1995; French explorer Michel Peissel found it in a high mountain pass.  
Mekong River