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1. Overview of the Mekong River Basin

verfasst von : Baiyinbaoligao, Hui Liu, Xingru Chen, Xiangpeng Mu

Erschienen in: Flood Prevention and Drought Relief in Mekong River Basin

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The Lancang-Mekong River, the largest transboundary river in Southeast Asia, flows through six riparian countries, nurtures splendid culture along it. The river is called Lancang River in China, and Mekong River out of China. The Mekong River region is featured by various landscape patterns and high variability of rainfall caused by monsoon cycles. This region is also featured by high density of population, high potential of development and high international attention, which make this study more meaningful. The physical geographical feature of this region is illustrated from the aspects of topography, meteorology and hydrology in this chapter. The Socio-economy characteristics of this region is also reviewed in this chapter to provide background knowledge for the further analysis of flood and drought management. The irrigation projects and hydropower projects, main types of structural measures, are also briefly introduced from the whole basin view.

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Fußnoten
1
Tian Fuqiang and Liu Hui. China-shared rivers, shared futures. Vientiane Times, pp 15–16. July 14, 2016.
 
2
In most MRC publications, it is usually called as Lower Mekong River. To keep insistent with the former joint assessment carried out by MWR, China and MRCS in 2016, we use Mekong River instead of Lower Mekong River. As to the Upper, Middle and Lower reaches of Mekong River, Nong Khai and Kratie hydrological station is choosen as the division point for the three sections of the mainstream Mekong River.
 
3
The total Lancang-Mekong Basin area of 795,000 km2 is used in MRC publications (e.g. Overview of the Hydrology of the Mekong Basin), however, China suggests the total Lancang-Mekong Basin area of 812,400 km2.
 
4
Mekong River Commission and Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China (2016). Technical Report—Joint Observation and Evaluation of the Emergency Water Supplement from China to the Mekong River. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
 
5
Mekong River Commission and Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China (2016). Technical Report—Joint Observation and Evaluation of the Emergency Water Supplement from China to the Mekong River. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane, Lao PDR, p 2.
 
6
The first-class tributaries are drawn with reference to the MRC publications. Table 1.2 is the corresponding statistical area of the first class tributaries. The name of the tributaries is determined by that of the rivers converge on the Mekong mainstream.
 
7
Runoff depth is calculated by dividing the runoff (discharge) by its catchment area.
 
8
Mekong R C. Planning Atlas of the Lower Mekong River Basin. Phnom Penh: Lao Uniprint Press Co. Ltd., 2011, p 15.
 
9
Based on landuse database of Tsinghua University. http://​data.​ess.​tsinghua.​edu.​cn/​.
 
11
MRC Annual Flood Report 2005. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane, Lao PDR. 82 pp. ISSN 1728 3248, p 10.
 
Metadaten
Titel
Overview of the Mekong River Basin
verfasst von
Baiyinbaoligao
Hui Liu
Xingru Chen
Xiangpeng Mu
Copyright-Jahr
2020
Verlag
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2006-8_1