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unusual facts about Mekong River



Balantiocheilos

The range of B. ambusticauda is listed as including the lower and middle Mekong and Chao Phraya River drainages in mainland Southeast Asia; the original distribution of this species included the Chao Phraya River drainage from Bangkok upriver to the lower Nan River and in the Mekong from Vietnam and the Great Lake (Tonle Sap) to the lower Nam Ngum River.

Battle of Binh Gia

They also expanded the Hát Dịch base area, which was located in Bà Rịa and Bình Thuận provinces, to protect the important sea transportation routes used by the Vietnam People's Navy to supply Viet Cong units around the regions of the Mekong River.

Buddha Park

Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan (as well as other variations of the spelling), is a sculpture park located 25 km southeast from Vientiane, Laos in a meadow by the Mekong River.

John Everingham

Everingham gained international fame when he sought asylum for his Laotian wife, Keo Sirisomphone, by swimming her out of Laos under the Mekong River near Vientiane using scuba equipment.

Khong Island

Khong Island or Don Khong is the largest island and the seat of administration in the Si Phan Don riverine archipelago located in the Mekong River, Khong District, Champasak Province, southern Laos.

Macrognathus siamensis

It is found in the rivers of Southeast Asia, including the Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.

Marbled whipray

Among the few members of its family restricted to fresh water, the marbled whipray has been reported from Saigon in Vietnam, the Mekong River near Tonle Sap and Phnom Penh in Cambodia, the lower Nan and Chao Phraya Rivers in Thailand, and the Mahakam River in Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Maria Rybakova

Over the years she worked and travelled in number of places, including Geneva, Munich, the Mekong River region in Thailand, and Northeast China.

Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base

Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River.

Oxyeleotris marmorata

Oxyeleotris marmorata, the Marble Goby, is a widely distributed species of sleeper goby native to fresh and brackish waters of the Mekong and Chao Praya basins as well as rivers and other water bodies in Malaysia, Singapore, Indochina, Philippines and Indonesia.

Pachydrobiella brevis

The distribution of Pachydrobiella brevis includes Khong Island in the Mekong River, southern Laos.

Pakbeng

Pak Beng (Lao: ປາກແບ່ງ) is a small village in Laos, located on the Mekong River about halfway between the Thai border at Huay Xai and Luang Prabang, Laos.

Rice People

--Isn't this a lake in Angk Snuol District, where they collected water lilies and where the daughter made an offering at the end of the film? Is it still in the village of Kamreang? If so, how can Kamreang be in both Kien Svay and Angk Snuol districts?--> areas of Kandal Province near Phnom Penh, on the banks of the Mekong River.

Samrong Sen

The Samrong Sen village, where the archaeological site is situated, is in the Kampong Leaeng District in the lacustrine flood plains, an area which is subject to backwater flooding from the Tonlé Sap lake and the Mekong River flows during the months of June to September (rainy season).

Vat Phou

It is located at the base of mount Phu Kao, some 6 km from the Mekong river in Champasak province.

Vyadhapura

Vyadhapura was a city located along the Mekong River, likely in what is now known as Cambodia in the province of Prey Veng.

Yasuhikotakia

Fishes of the genus Yasuhikotakia are found inhabiting river systems in Indochina such as Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.

Zhou Daguan

The ship resumed its trip passed the province of Zhenpu (Baria in present day South Vietnam), through Poulo Condor Sea, then heading north on the Mekong River into Tonle Sap River reaching the town of Kampong Chhnang of Cambodia; from there he boarded a small boat, sailing for a dozen days, through Tonle Sap Lake arriving at Angkor Thom, the capital of Cambodia in August.


see also

Bassac

Bassac River, a distributary of the Tonle Sap and Mekong River

Battle of Ap Bac

Despite the initial success of the Strategic Hamlet Program and the intensified military operations of 1962, the events at Ap Bac placed additional pressure on Diem's government because it showed it could not cope with the resurgence of the Viet Cong, particularly in the regions surrounding the Mekong River.

Bhavavarman I

According to Coedès, the main accomplishment of Bhavavarman's reign was the expansion of Kamboja into the Mekong river valley, attacking both Funan and Champa, an ancient Vietnamese kingdom.

Chulalongkorn

In 1893 Auguste Pavie, the French vice-consul of Luang Prabang, requested the cession of all Laotian lands east of the Mekong River.

France–Vietnam relations

In 1866, France started the exploration of the Mekong river, with the objective of reaching the riches of China, under Ernest Doudart de Lagrée and Francis Garnier.

Leiolepis ngovantrii

Though the lizard has been long known to and enjoyed by locals in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta, scientists first discovered the species in 2010 after seeing them sold and eaten in many remote Vietnamese village restaurants in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province, South Vietnam.

Operation Barrel Roll

This was particularly true around the town of Paksong, the last Royal Laotian stronghold on the Bolovens Plateau – the strategic high ground overlooking the Mekong River.

Poot Mae Nam Khong

The village is close to the Mekong river, which the villagers believe house spirits and deities.

In the present time, Bunpaun finds a enormous egg at the bank of Mekong river and is compelled to eate.

Sauryavong Savang

In November 1975, the Prince escaped from Laos by swimming across the Mekong river to Thailand.