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Mekong

The Mekong is a river in Asia, about 4,350 km long. It flows through People's Republic of China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. It is the seventh-longest river in the world and the third-longest in Asia. In People's Republic of China, it is the third-longest river; in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and two other countries, it is even the longest. With a mean discharge of 15,000 m³/s, it is also the fifth-largest river by discharge in Asia.

Length
4,350 km
Source
Tibetan Plateau
Mouth
South China Sea
Drainage basin
810,000 km²
Mean discharge
15,000 m³/s
Continent
Asia

Countries

People's Republic of ChinaLaosThailandCambodiaVietnamMyanmar

Tributaries

  1. 1Mun673 km
  2. 2Ji500 km
  3. 3Nam Ou448 km
  4. 4Tonle San373 km
  5. 5Nam Ngum354 km
  6. 6Ruak327 km
  7. 7Ing300 km

Rivers nearby

  1. 1Nam Ming385 km
  2. 2Black910 km
  3. 3Red1,149 km
  4. 4Ma512 km
  5. 5Thao332 km
  6. 6Nan390 km
  7. 7Cả513 km
  8. 8Lo470 km
  9. 9Nam Tain561 km
  10. 10Wang River335 km

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