Mekong river part 1

1. THE MEKONG RIVER
Part 1

2. MEKONG RIVER
THE LIFE-GIVING RIVER
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3. SO WHAT DO YOU REALLY
KNOW?

4. SO WHAT DO YOU REALLY
KNOW?
•Group work

5. SO WHAT DO YOU REALLY
KNOW?
•Group work
•Make a list of facts and information you
think you know about the Mekong River

6. SO WHAT DO YOU REALLY
KNOW?
•Group work
•Make a list of facts and information you
think you know about the Mekong River
•NO TALKING

7. SO WHAT DO YOU REALLY
KNOW?
•Group work
•Make a list of facts and information you
think you know about the Mekong River
•NO TALKING
•Writing is allowed

8. Facts: the Mekong

9. Facts: the Mekong
oLongest river in Southeast
Asia,

10. Facts: the Mekong
oLongest river in Southeast
Asia,
o12
th
longest river(4,900 km/
3,000 miles)

11. Facts: the Mekong
oLongest river in Southeast
Asia,
o12
th
longest river(4,900 km/
3,000 miles)
oYunnan -South China Sea

12. Facts: the Mekong
oLongest river in Southeast
Asia,
o12
th
longest river(4,900 km/
3,000 miles)
oYunnan -South China Sea
oChina, Myanmar, Laos,
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

13. Facts: the Mekong
oLongest river in Southeast
Asia,
o12
th
longest river(4,900 km/
3,000 miles)
oYunnan -South China Sea
oChina, Myanmar, Laos,
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
o44% of its course is in China

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27. MEKONG: THE LIFE GIVING RIVER
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/
Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif
2 %
16 %
35 %
18 %
18 %
11 %

28. MEKONG: THE LIFE GIVING RIVER
•60 million
•Lower Mekong Basin (Laos,
Thai, Cambodia, Vietnam)
•Connected to river’s natural
cycles
•80% of protein needs
•diverse, productive inland
fisheries
•2.6 million tons/ year
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/
Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif
2 %
16 %
35 %
18 %
18 %
11 %

29. WHAT MAKES THE MEKONG SPECIAL?
•Rise and fall of water
levels during wet/dry
seasons
•Flood carries fertile silt
•Horticulture,
agriculture in Mekong
Delta
•Productive rice farming
in Thailand, Vietnam

30. WHAT MAKES THE MEKONG SPECIAL?
•Rise and fall of water
levels during wet/dry
seasons
•Flood carries fertile silt
•Horticulture,
agriculture in Mekong
Delta
•Productive rice farming
in Thailand, Vietnam

31. WHAT MAKES THE MEKONG SPECIAL?
•Rise and fall of water
levels during wet/dry
seasons
•Flood carries fertile silt
•Horticulture,
agriculture in Mekong
Delta
•Productive rice farming
in Thailand, Vietnam

32. TONLE SAP
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039980
•Largest freshwater lake in
SEA
•a combined lake and river
system
•a UNESCO biosphere, 1997
•Its flow changes directions
•The lake expands and
shrinks with seasons

33. TONLE SAP
•natural flood during rainy
season
•the river rises enough to
reverse its course
•water flows backward into
the lake
•Lake’s size from 2,500 sq.km
to 16,000 sq.km
•enormous wetland area

34. TONLE SAP
•natural flood during rainy
season
•the river rises enough to
reverse its course
•water flows backward into
the lake
•Lake’s size from 2,500 sq.km
to 16,000 sq.km
•enormous wetland area

35. •Wetland = area that soil is
saturated with water
permanently or seasonally
•support diversity of plants
and animals
•breeding ground for fish and
aquatic animalsTONLE SAP WETLAND
http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif

36. •Wetland = area that soil is
saturated with water
permanently or seasonally
•support diversity of plants
and animals
•breeding ground for fish and
aquatic animalsTONLE SAP WETLAND
http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif

37. •large flood plain
•rich biodiversiy
•fertile sediment
•most productive inland fisheries
•230,000 tons of fish yearly
•3 millions people
•60% protein for Cambodian
•the flow reverses at the end of
rainy season
•300-500 species support the
local
TONLE SAP

38. WATCHING A VIDEO CLIP
Take notes on
•What is water festival like?
•How do local people fish?
•In what ways are the Mekong River
and the Tonle Sap important to the
Cambodians?
•What kinds of fish are found in the
Mekong region and the Tonle Sap?
•What kinds of animals are found?
Sunset at the Tonle Sap
‘Where there is water,
there is fish’

39. Mekong River Commission (MRC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD206UnYmB4&feature=player_embedded
Where there is water, there is fish.

40. http://www.mrcmekong.org/about-the-mrc/
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http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-mekong-river-survival-for-millions
http://tonlesap.net/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039980
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif
http://www.cambodiancommunityday.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=80
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070307&t=2&i=444980&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=444980
http://thailand.prd.go.th/thailand_illustrated/content.php?s_id=287
http://www.laos-guide-999.com/vientiane-boat-racing-festival.html
http://www.parish-without-borders.net/cditt/cambodia/culture/waterfest2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TonleSapMap.png
http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif
http://images.smh.com.au/2010/06/25/1644221/Mekong-Fishing-net-420x0.jpg
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