WHAT IS THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN?
The Mekong Basin includes the mainstream Mekong River and all the tributaries that flow into it. Parts of Southern China, Myanmar and Viet Nam, almost one third of Thailand, and most of Cambodia and Lao PDR make up the basin. With a total land area of 795,000 square kilometres, the Mekong River Basin is nearly the size of France and Germany put together and the river itself is over 4,800 km long.