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As Mekong Levels Dip, River Body Calls for More Flow Data


As Mekong Levels Dip, River Body Calls for More Flow Data
16 February 2021
VOA Khmer
FILE PHOTO - Fishermen row their wooden boats in conjunction with rivers between the Mekong River and Tonle Sap as they catch fish during the fish harvesting season near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA  
The Mekong River Commission has expressed concerns over the “worrying” levels of the critical Mekong River and has asked China for more information about its hydropower dams.
The inter-government body released a statement on Friday and said water levels between Jinghong hydropower station in China’s Yunnan province and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam “have fallen to worrying levels.” ....

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Mekong River at "worrying" low level amid calls for more Chinese dam data

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Water levels in the Mekong River have fallen to a worrying level in part due to outflow restrictions from Chinese hydropower dams upstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Friday, calling on Beijing to share all of its water data. The vital waterway has turned blue along the Thai-Laos border, from its usual murky brown colour - signaling shallow water and low levels of nutrition-rich sediment - partially from outflow restrictions from the Jinghong dam in China s Yunan province, the inter-governmental MRC said. Friday s statement said low rainfall and dams on the Lower Mekong and tributaries also contributed to the drop in levels. There have been sudden rises and falls in water levels immediately downstream of Jinghong and further down to Vientiane, said Winai Wongpimool, director of the MRC Secretariat s Technical Support Division. Such fluctuations affect fish migration, agriculture and transportation that nearly 70 million people rely on for their liveli ....

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