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The Lancang-Mekong River, the largest transboundary river in Southeast Asia, flows through six riparian countries, nurtures splendid culture along it. The river is called Lancang River in China, and Mekong River out of China. The Mekong River region is featured by various landscape patterns and high variability of rainfall caused by monsoon cycles. This region is also featured by high density of population, high potential of development and high international attention, which make this study more meaningful. The physical geographical feature of this region is illustrated from the aspects of topography, meteorology and hydrology in this chapter. The Socio-economy characteristics of this region is also reviewed in this chapter to provide background knowledge for the further analysis of flood and drought management. The irrigation projects and hydropower projects, main types of structural measures, are also briefly introduced from the whole basin view. |
