A River in Peril: Human Activities and Environmental Impacts on the Lower Mekong River and Its Delta

ing. The Mekong is also characterized by a large delta in Vietnam, which is currently threatened by a range of human activities. The most salient of these threats is the operation and continued development of cascades of dams in different sections of the basin. Recent studies have shown that the dam construction projects along the Upper Mekong in China in particular have had a major impact on both water and sediment fluxes throughout the Mekong basin. The natural flood pulses due to the monsoon climate have been altered as a on the Lower Mekong River and Its Delta Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos.

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