Map of the Mekong River (2018)

Milhaud 2025-08-14
Map of the Mekong River (2018)

This map, created by Shannon1 for Wikimedia Commons in 2018, shows the course of the Mekong River, its drainage basin, and its main tributaries.

The Mekong River is the most important river in Southeast Asia. From its source in the Tibetan plateau to its mouth in the East China Sea, it covers a distance of 4,880 kilometres. Its hydrographic basin covers a total of 810,000 square kilometres. Along its course, it passes through several major cities, such as Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.

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