... Melaleuca forestinthe Upper and the Lower U Minh areas were burned, accounting for approximately 57% (17% inthe Lower U Minh and 40% inthe Upper U Minh) of the total Melaleuca forest area. Inthe ... Fig.1: TheMekongRiverBasin and Land forms of the MD in Vietnam The main objective of this article is the presentation of theforest wetland inventory process, applied to both the inland ... can be distinguished: the inland Melaleuca forest wetlands and the coastal mangrove forest wetlands. Their main functions are the provision of forest commodities, the regulation of the water...
... recommendations Foreword The fishery of the Lower MekongBasin is one of the most abundant river fisheries inthe world. It is of vital importance to the 55 million people who live in the basin. Not only ... needs. In addition to the 1995 Agreement onSustainable Development of theMekongRiver Basin, these instruments include the Code of Conduct forResponsible Fisheries which FAO prepared in 1995, the Convention ... biodiversity in the Mekong. 1BIODIVERSITY AND FISHERIES INTHEMEKONGRIVERBASIN Mekong Development Series No. 2May 2003Published in Phnom Penh in May 2003 by theMekongRiver CommissionThis...
... but others were not trained. There is no official swimming training inthe school program intheMekong River Delta. It seems an irrational structure for children living in a floodplain as the ... those living inthe urban areas, children inthe rural area are familiar with the water in rivers and canals. Their daily lives are linked with the rice fields and flood plains. Some of them learn ... showing high percentage of child deaths inthe total the losses of life inthe flood seasons inthe MD. Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority of the drowning deaths in recent...
... been built intheMekong Delta. Almost these water works were investigated by the national budget or the contribution of the local people and government according to the motto: “Both the Government ... to the fields of the Delta. Flooding water eliminates a great part of the salinity inthe soil inthe coastal areas and flushes toxicity released from acid sulfate soil. Also, floods kill the ... between the warm atmosphere and the storms in the tropical monsoon Asia. • Survey and forecast the effects of the dams and irrigation systems in upstream to the low parts of the basin. • Estimate...
... 1.6 million hectares): mainly inthe Long Xuyen - Ha Tien quadrangle, the Plain of Reeds, the West Hau river Fig.1: TheMekongRiverBasin and Land forms of the MD in Vietnam WATER QUALITY ... complicated. The main factors are river discharge, local rainfall and runoff, the amplitude of tides inthe East Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, the slope of the river bed, the wind velocity ... THE MEKONGRIVER DELTA IN VIETNAM IN GENERAL The MD is located inthe centre of the Southeast Asian region. It is really a large wetland formed mostly by the alluvium deposition of the Mekong...
... flowed out to the sea via the delta. High rainfall combined with high flow of theriver results in yearly flooding. Big flood occurs intheMekong river for every 2, 3 or 4 years. There is a very ... salinity intrusion intheriver branches is very complicated. The main factors that determine this process are river discharges, local rainfall and runoff, the tides and the depth of bars inthe ... in treatment processes intheMekong for quite a long time. In rural areas, villagers buy alum in solid form and stir it into river water inthe storage jars. After a few minute stirring, the...
... theriver meets the Tongle Sap river, then splits into Tien river and Hau river before entering the border of Vietnam and continues to branch into 9 tributaries as theriver estuaries. The ... list of the largest rivers inthe world and is longest riverin southeastern Asia. From its source in Tibet, theriver flows to the South China Sea through Yunnan, China, forms the border partly ... percent of annual flow volume enters the low lying parts of thebasinin Vietnam as the flood season from June to November. The river network of theMekong is rather complicated, especially from...
... lands inthe dry season. The shortage of freshwater leads to increasing salinity intrusion throughout the MD coastal provinces. (v) The floods: Discharge of theMekongriver during the wet ... natural level between the sea level inriver estuaries and the inner lands. Also the MD is Figure 1: TheMekongRiver and the MD map The second International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water ... exist. The rest of the MD's population concentrated inthe cities, peri-urban areas, mainly along the major roads and waterways. Along the Tien river and Hau river in Vietnam of theMekong river...
... significant increase in rainfall in wet season resulting in an increase inriver flow. By contrast, the decreasing trend of river flow in dry season is a consequence of the decline of rainfall and increase ... Thien - Hue Province. Climate change impacts on the coastal zone in the province include: (1) The shrinking of land and coastal plain due to enlarged wetland and flooded areas in Tam Giang - ... and is of great economic and tourism importance for the province. Theriverbasin is expected to be one of the most vulnerable basins inthe Central Vietnam where climate change is likely...
... species from theMekongRiver Basin A guide to larvae and juvenilesof some common sh species from the MekongRiver Basin ISSN: 1683-1489 Mekong River CommissionMeeting the Needs, Keeping the BalanceMRC ... common sh species from theMekongRiver Basin xFigure 3. Map of the Lower MekongRiver Basin MyanmarChinaPage 37CyprinidaeAdult Barbonymus altus (Günther, 1868)Red-tailed tinfoilAn omnivorous ... Organisation of the United NationsIUCN International Union for the Conservation of NatureLMB Lower Mekong Basin max. maximummin. minimumMRC MekongRiver CommissionMRCS MekongRiver Commission...
... Sites The environmental setting of the McKenzie Riverbasin and a discussion of sampling sites inthebasin have been previously reported in McCarthy and others (2009) and Kelly and others ... Deployed inthe Mckenzie River Basin, Oregon, During 2007. 5Appendix 2. Data from Passive Samplers Deployed inthe Mckenzie River Basin, Oregon, During 2010. 5Figures Figure 1. Map showing study ... Electric Board, 2000) that includes monitoring water inthe McKenzie Riverbasin for the presence of anthropogenic organic compounds. Among the organic compounds of interest to EWEB are many...
... inthe upper part of the basin. Description of the Study Area The Assabet RiverBasin (fig. 1) encompasses an area of 177 mi2 within the Merrimack RiverBasinin eastern Massachusetts. The ... HOWARDBROOKSSUBBASINHOPBROOKSUBBASINASSABET MAIN STEM HEADWATERSSUBBASINASSABET MAIN STEMMIDDLE SUBBASINDANFORTHBROOKSUBBASINELIZABETHBROOKSUBBASINFORT POND BROOKSUBBASINTAYLOR BROOKSUBBASINSPENCER ... streamflow in September inthe Assabet River about doubled at the outlet of the Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about 4 percent at the outlet of the Main Stem Upper subbasin. These increases...
... coming from theMekong river. A depositional balance inthe Early Holocene and excess of sediment supply inthe Late Holocene had proved that in all time deposit supplied by the Mekongriver ... changing continuously inriver mouth. 3.2.6. Tidal sand ridge facies (amc/SQ23b) This facies is distributed in all river mouths and they are parallel to the recent river bed. Deposits of river ... [6,13], so the coastline continues to prograde seaward with a rate of 40m/year. The Mekong river mouths are migrating to East-North, and as a result geosystems and landscapes are changing. Therefore...