The important role of great lake for flow regime of Mekong Delta

Abstract

     Me Kong is biggest river in South East Asia with total basin area of 795,000 sq km, and the length is 4,500 km. Me Kong river flows through 6 countries (China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). Great Lake in Cambodia with total volume of 100 billion cubic meters pays a very important role in economic, social and environmental development of the region. During high flood period, large volume of water from the Me Kong reverses to Great Lake (about 50% volume of Great Lake), but in the time of dry season the water from Great Lake flows to downstream of Phnong Penh and helps the Me Kong delta of Cambodia and Vietnam developing in sustainability of economic, society and environment. This paper mentioned the main results studied concerning the role of Great Lake in flow regime for development of Me Kong delta