Sông Mê Kông là một trong các hệ thống sông lớn nhất trên thế giới, kéo dài sáu quốc gia và bao gồm khoảng km. Sông bắt nguồn từ dãy núi Tây Tang của Tây Tạng và kết thúc ở bán đảo Cà Mau của Việt Nam, với diện tích lưu vực tổng cộng km ². Qua mức độ của nó lưu vực thay đổi đáng kể bao gồm một loạt các hệ sinh thái khu vực, bao gồm cả cao nguyên núi cao, rừng nhiệt đới, vùng cao miền núi, rừng ngập mặn, đất ngập nước ven. | INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE MEKONG DELTA VIET NAM By Dr. To Van Truong Submitted to Workshop on Scientific and Rational Exploitation of Water Resources - Our Common Responsibility in China 1. Background Information The Mekong River is one of the largest river systems in the world spanning six countries and covering some 4 200 km. The River originates in the Tay Tang Mountains of Tibet and ends in the Ca Mau Peninsula of Vietnam with a total catchment area of 795 000 km2. Across its extent the catchment varies dramatically including a vast array of regional ecosystems including alpine plateaus tropical forests mountainous highlands mangroves coastal wetlands floodplain forest and arid grasslands. It is home to some 60 million people 100 different ethinic groups a key region for the economies of Thailand Vietnam Laos and Cambodia as well as being a rich and important site of biodiversity in Southeast Asia. The Mekong Delta forms as the river meets the South China Sea it comprises ha and is generally denoted as the area downstream of Phnom Penh. Approximately million ha lies within the Kingdom of Cambodia and million ha in Viet Nam. In general the low-relief of the deltaic regions has proven more suitable for agriculture and human habitation consequently the Mekong Delta is the most developed region of the MRB supporting the greatest population densities. Ground levels range between m above sea level except in the vicinity of the Cambodian border where elevations are approximately - m including some small mountains in An Giang province. The focus of this paper is on the part of the Mekong Delta within Viet Nam known as the Cuu Long Delta . The Cuu Long Delta is the southern most extent of the Mekong River Basin formed over millennia as the river and its tributaries widen slow down and deposit sediments in response to the low lying elevation of the coastal areas. The CLD comprises 13 provinces 12 of Vietnam s national
