Mekong River

E16852

international river river

The Mekong River is one of Asia’s longest and most important rivers, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau through several Southeast Asian countries before emptying into the South China Sea.

Aliases (4)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international river → river →
borderBetween	Cambodia → Laos → Thailand → Viet Nam → surface form: "Vietnam"
continent	Asia →
deltaLocatedIn	Cambodia → Viet Nam → surface form: "Vietnam"
drainageBasinArea	approximately 795000 square kilometers →
drainageBasinCountries	Cambodia → China → Laos → Myanmar → Thailand → Viet Nam → surface form: "Vietnam"
emptiesInto	South China Sea →
environmentalIssue	dam construction impacts → fish migration disruption → sediment reduction →
flowsThrough	Cambodia → China → Laos → Myanmar → Thailand → Viet Nam → surface form: "Vietnam"
hasDelta	Mekong Delta →
hasOrganization	Mekong River Commission →
knownFor	high biodiversity → large inland fisheries → seasonal flooding →
length	approximately 4350 km →
locatedIn	Tibetan Plateau →
majorCityOnRiver	Can Tho → Luang Prabang → Phnom Penh → Vientiane →
majorTributary	Mun River → Nam Ngum River → Nam Ou → Sekong River → Tonlé Sap River →
MekongRiverCommissionMembers	Cambodia → Laos → Thailand → Viet Nam → surface form: "Vietnam"
mouthLocation	South China Sea →
partOf	Indochinese Peninsula → surface form: "Indochina"
rankByLengthInAsia	one of the longest rivers in Asia →
rankByLengthInWorld	among the world’s longest rivers →
sourceCountry	China →
sourceLocation	Tibetan Plateau →
usedFor	fisheries → hydroelectric power → irrigation → transportation →

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurasia → contains → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong River basin"

Southeast Asia → contains → Mekong River →

Asia → containsRiver → Mekong River →

Mekong Delta → formedBy → Mekong River →

Tanggula Mountains → formsWatershedBetween → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong River basin"

Viet Nam → hasMajorRiver → Mekong River →

subject surface form: "Vietnam"

Indochinese Peninsula → hasPart → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong River basin"

East Asia → hasRiver → Mekong River →

Vientiane → isOnBankOf → Mekong River →

Mekong River Commission → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong River Basin"

Luang Prabang → locatedOn → Mekong River →

Phnom Penh → locatedOnRiver → Mekong River →

Vientiane → locatedOnRiver → Mekong River →

Laos → majorRiver → Mekong River →

Mekong Delta → mouthOf → Mekong River →

Salween River → neighboringRiver → Mekong River →

Mekong Delta → partOf → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong River basin"

Luang Prabang → riverConfluence → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers"

Phnom Penh → riverConfluenceOf → Mekong River →

Mekong River Commission → riverManaged → Mekong River →

Can Tho → riverSystem → Mekong River →

this entity surface form: "Mekong River system"

Tibetan Plateau → sourceOf → Mekong River →

Indochinese Peninsula → traversedBy → Mekong River →