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China limited the Mekong’s flow; other countries suffered a drought . April 13, 2020 at 8:54 am Updated April 13, 2020 at 10:40 am . By . HANNAH BEECH. The New York Times.
Going With the Flow on the Mekong River: Taking barges, buses and boats from Laos to the South China Sea, a journey down the Mekong is a step back in time.
Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Asia. But it hasn't always been that way, and the Mekong River has been key to its periods of prosperity. Recovering from 20th century atrocities, the ...
The river flow impacts were largest in 2014 after completion of the Nuozhadu dam, the largest hydropower project in the Mekong Basin, and the impacts were observable over 2000 km downstream in ...
The Mekong’s natural water flows began to change when China built the first of six big hydropower dams in the river’s upstream reaches. In 1995, recognizing the value of the Mekong’s waters to their ...
The Mekong River's flow dropped to the lowest levels in more than six decades from 2019 to 2021 due to an increased number of reservoirs, dams and other water storage, a worsening of the climate ...
Bangkok [Thailand], April 14 (ANI): A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its ...
Changes in Mekong's water levels A U.S.-funded study by Eyes on Earth found a reduction in expected natural flow of the Mekong River since 2012, when one of the largest Chinese dams went on line.
China limited the Mekong’s flow. Other countries suffered a drought. New research show that Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low levels of water in Thailand, Laos ...
Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Asia. But it hasn't always been that way, and the Mekong River has been key to its periods of prosperity. Recovering from 20th century atrocities, the ...
Instead, Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low water levels by limiting the river’s flow. “The satellite data doesn’t lie, and there was plenty of water in the Tibetan ...