Mekong River

 Mekong River , Cambodian  Mékôngk , Laotian  Mènam Khong , Thai  Mae Nam Khong , Vietnamese  Sông Tiên Giang , Chinese (Pinyin)  Lancang Jiang  or (Wade-Giles)  Lan-ts’ang Chiang ,  longest river in Southeast Asia, the 7th longest in  Asia, and the 12th longest in the world. It has a length of about 2,700 miles (4,350 km). Rising in southeastern  Qinghai province,  China<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, it flows through the eastern part of the  Tibet<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> Autonomous Region and  Yunnan<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> province, after which it forms part of the international border between  Myanmar<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> (Burma) and  Laos<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, as well as between  Laos<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> and  Thailand<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">. The river then flows through Laos,  Cambodia<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, and  Vietnam<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> before draining into the <span href="http://semantic.britannica.com/accepted_headword/core/556146/South-China-Sea" property="about" style="outline:0px;background:transparent;">South China Sea <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> south of  Ho Chi Minh City<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> (formerly Saigon). Vientiane<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> (Viangchan), the capital of Laos, and  Phnom Penh<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, the capital of  Cambodia<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, both stand on its banks.

<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'OpenSans',sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">(ទន្លេដ៏វែងបំផុត នៅអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ ដែលហូរកាត់ ចិន ថៃ ភូមា ឡាវ កម្ពុជា វៀតណាម)