Lesson Template S10-Global Climate Change: Student Handout: Mekong Basin Case Study

• Tracking Change in the Classroom: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

• The Mekong River is a large river that is approximately 4,350 km long, with a drainage area of 795,000 km2. It is the twelfth longest river in the world and the seventh longest river in Asia. Originating in the Tibetan Plateau, the Mekong River crosses southern China before passing Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, where the Mekong flows into the South China Sea. The Mekong River Basin is home to a large variety of ethnic groups. Over 60 million people live along the river and in the river basin. They are heavily dependent on Mekong Basin fisheries for food and income. The river itself is situated in both tropical and subtropical biomes/areas. The seasons of the Mekong River Basin are separated into wet and dry seasons, with the wet season characterized by intense rain and monsoons.

• Date created

  2020-06-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Mekong River Basin, hydroelectric development impacts, local traditional knowledge, fishing villages, fishing livelihoods, dams
  • Mekong River Basin, Thailand

• Type of Item

  Learning Object

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-hktp-hf95

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International