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US
/ˈmeɪkɑŋ/
]
NOUN
- an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
How To Use Mekong In A Sentence
- It was caught along the Mekong River and is believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found.
- Most are ethnic Cham - fishermen and traders from the Mekong River delta converted to Islam by Malay and Arab merchants.
- The tour visits Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoi An, the Mekong Delta and a visit to the ancient archeological site at Hue.
- The forerunners of today's Thais gradually moved from what is now southern China into the area of the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins.
- Among them is the Mekong giant catfish, which is the size of a bull shark, and the Mekong stingray, which can weigh up to 600kg.
- As a kayaker and rafter, Angelo has descended many of the world's longest rivers such as the Nile, Yangtze, Amazon, and Mekong - and has paddled many of the biggest rapids on Earth.
- For example, defoliants which were sprayed during the Vietnam War killed most of the mangrove forests in the Mekong Delta.
- On day 12, they will go to My Tho in the Mekong Delta to visit a military snake farm before boarding the private sampan for a river cruise.
- The Chinese move to suspend southbound passenger and cargo traffic on the Mekong from Yunnan Province is mainly a political symbol, as opposed to an economic sanction.
- The subtropical jungle area is located mainly along the Mekong river.