mekong river part 1
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This presentation is created to be used in an on-line teaching course of Southeast Asian Studies. This course is offered only to a group of wonderful students of Lodi High School, Wisconsin, USA.TRANSCRIPT
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MEKONG RIVERTHE LIFE-GIVING RIVER
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What do you know about the Mekong River?
✤ Group Work
✤ Make a list of facts and information you think you know about the Mekong River
✤ No TALKING
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Facts: The Mekong
✤ The longest river of SEA
✤ 4,900 kilometers / 3,000 miles
✤ From Yunnan to South China Sea
✤ China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
✤ 44% of its course is in China.
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The Mekong River
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The Mekong River
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The Mekong River
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The Mekong River
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The Mekong River
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The Mekong River
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The Life-Giving River
2 %16 %
35 %
18 %
18 %
11 %
✤ 60 million people
✤ Lower Mekong Basin - Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
✤ Connected to river’s natural cycles
✤ 80% of protein needs
✤ Diverse, productive inland fisheries
✤ 2.6 million tons a year
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif
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What makes the Mekong special?
✤ Rise and fall of water levels during wet/dry seasons
✤ Flood carries fertile silt.
✤ Horticulture, agriculture in Mekong Delta
✤ Productive rice farming in Thailand, Vietnam
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What makes the Mekong special?
✤ Rise and fall of water levels during wet/dry seasons
✤ Flood carries fertile silt.
✤ Horticulture, agriculture in Mekong Delta
✤ Productive rice farming in Thailand, Vietnam
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What makes the Mekong special?
✤ Rise and fall of water levels during wet/dry seasons
✤ Flood carries fertile silt.
✤ Horticulture, agriculture in Mekong Delta
✤ Productive rice farming in Thailand, Vietnam
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Tonle Sap
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039980
✤ The largest freshwater lake in SEA
✤ A combined lake and river system
✤ UNESCO biosphere, 1997
✤ Its flow changes directions.
✤ Lake expands and shrinks with seasons.
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Tonle Sap
✤ Natural flood during rainy season
✤ The river rises enough to reverse its course.
✤ Water flows backward into the lake.
✤ Lake’s size shrinks from 2,500 sq.km to 16,000 sq.km.
✤ Enormous wetland area
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Tonle Sap
✤ Natural flood during rainy season
✤ The river rises enough to reverse its course.
✤ Water flows backward into the lake.
✤ Lake’s size shrinks from 2,500 sq.km to 16,000 sq.km.
✤ Enormous wetland area
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Tonle Sap Wetland
http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif
✤ Wetland- area that soil is saturated with water permanently or seasonally
✤ Support diversity of plants and animals
✤ Breeding ground for fish & aquatic animals
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Tonle Sap Wetland
http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif
✤ Wetland- area that soil is saturated with water permanently or seasonally
✤ Support diversity of plants and animals
✤ Breeding ground for fish & aquatic animals
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Tonle Sap ✤ Large flood plain
✤ Rich biodiversity
✤ Fertile sediment
✤ Most productive inland fisheries
✤ 230,000 tons of fish yearly
✤ 3 million people
✤ 60% protein for Cambodian
✤ The flow reverses at the end of rainy season.
✤ 300-500 species support the locals
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Video Clip
✤ What is water festival like?
✤ How do the local people fish?
✤ In what ways are the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap important to the Cambodians?
✤ What kinds of fish are found in the Mekong region and the Tonle Sap?
✤ What kinds of animals are found?
“Where there is water, there is fish”
Sunset at the Tonle Sap
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Mekong River Commission (MRC)http://worldinsidepictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/914.jpghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD206UnYmB4&feature=player_embedded
Where there is water, there is fish. Video Clip
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http://www.mrcmekong.org/about-the-mrc/
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http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-mekong-river-survival-for-millions
http://tonlesap.net/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039980
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEASTASIAPACIFIC/Resources/226262-1151703454492/Mekong_MWRAS_hydromap.gif
http://www.cambodiancommunityday.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=80
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070307&t=2&i=444980&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=444980
http://thailand.prd.go.th/thailand_illustrated/content.php?s_id=287
http://www.laos-guide-999.com/vientiane-boat-racing-festival.html
http://www.parish-without-borders.net/cditt/cambodia/culture/waterfest2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TonleSapMap.png
http://www.srisiamholidays.com/images/stories/Cambodia/Maps/cambodia%20wetland.gif
http://images.smh.com.au/2010/06/25/1644221/Mekong-Fishing-net-420x0.jpg
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