Mongkol Borei (river)

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Mongkol Borei
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Data
location Cambodia
River system Mekong
Drain over Sangke  → Tonle Sap  → Mekong  → South China Sea
source Chanthaburi , Thailand
12 ° 58 ′ 20 ″  N , 102 ° 29 ′ 7 ″  E
muzzle Sangke coordinates: 13 ° 18 '46 "  N , 103 ° 24' 10"  O 13 ° 18 '46 "  N , 103 ° 24' 10"  O

Catchment area 4444 km²
Medium-sized cities Mongkol Borei

The Mongkol Borei is a river in western Cambodia . It rises in the province of Chanthaburi in Thailand on the border with Cambodia and flows through the provinces of Battambang , where it forms a small part of the border with the province of Pailin , and Banteay Meanchey , where it is the border river between the districts of Mongkol Borei and Preah Netr Prea , until it flows into the Sangke back in the province of Battambang at Prey Chas . It has a catchment area of 4,444 km², of which 3,156 km² in Cambodia, and is over the Sangkean important tributary of the Tonle Sap lake . The area has an annual rainfall of approx. 1,500 mm, the average runoff is estimated at 6,666 m³ / s. The main tributaries of the Mongkol Borei are the Sisophon , Pheas , Kampong Krasaing and Svay Chek . The section after the confluence with the Sisophon (officially Stung Serei Saophoan or Stung Serei Sophorn ) to the confluence with the Sangke is also called Sisophon instead of Mongkol Borei .

The Khmer Rouge destroyed a bridge that once spanned the river.

The sub-basins of the rivers around Tonle Sap Lake

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stung Mongkol Borei sub-basin: Rivers and Irrigation ( Memento from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: Sub-Basin Profiles of the Tonle Sap. Asian Development Bank (PDF; 3.6 kB).
  2. ^ UNCDF Local Development Fund Project Document - 1996 ( Memento of September 1, 2004 in the Internet Archive ). UNDP Cambodia Reintegration and Rehabilitation (Carere) / Seila.
  3. ^ State of water environmental issues. Cambodia. Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA), Ministry of the Environment of Japan.
  4. ↑ confluence Mongkol Borei (Serei Sophorn) and Sangke on Google Maps .