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CASES OF LOCAL TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN BORDER AREAS OF THE MEKONG WATERSHED IN YUNNAN, CHINA

Published 1 January 2000
Zuo Ting
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Abstract

The Mekong River (the stretch of the river in China is called “Lancang Jiang ” in Chinese) is an international river that passes through six countries. It is 4,661 kilometers long with a watershed area of 795,000 sq. km. In China, the Mekong River is 2,160 km long with a watershed area of 167,500 sq. km, accounting for 1.74 percent of China’s total land area. In Yunnan, the river is 1,240 km long with a

Keywords

Environmental Science