Mekong River

Summary

Mekong River is a transboundary river^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of transboundary_river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,154 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mekong River is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Mekong River is in the country of Myanmar^[4].
• Mekong River is in the country of Thailand^[5].
• Mekong River is in the country of Laos^[6].
• Mekong River is in the country of Cambodia^[7].
• Mekong River is in the country of Vietnam^[8].
• Mekong River's route map is recorded as Mekong river location.jpg^[9].
• Mekong River's image is recorded as Chiang Saen, Mekong River, Thailand.jpg^[10].
• Mekong River's continent is recorded as Asia^[11].
• Mekong River's instance of is recorded as transboundary river^[12].
• Mekong River's instance of is recorded as river^[13].
• Mekong River's basin country is recorded as People's Republic of China^[14].
• Mekong River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316430453^[15].
• Mekong River's GND ID is recorded as 4115087-9^[16].
• Mekong River's locator map image is recorded as Mekong river basin.png^[17].
• Mekong River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083357^[18].
• Mekong River's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00629321^[19].
• Mekong River's Commons category is recorded as Mekong^[20].
• Mekong River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 215354^[21].
• Mekong River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as South China Sea^[22].
• Mekong River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.70861111111111, 'lon': 94.69555555555556}^[23].
• Mekong River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 10.19, 'lon': 106.75}^[24].
• Mekong River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.13222222222222, 'lon': 97.17777777777778}^[25].
• Mekong River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j0g5^[26].
• Mekong River's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge224721^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mekong River include Mekong Expedition of 1866-1868^[28], a research expedition^[29], in Cochinchina^[30].

Why It Matters

Mekong River ranks in the top 10% of transboundary_river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,154 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Mekong Expedition of 1866-1868^[28], a research expedition^[29], in Cochinchina^[30].