Russian Key to the Mekong River

... year) provide the Khmers with two thirds of their animal protein, and the Mekong and Tonlé Sap Lake ecosystem has been called Cambodia’s “rice cup” for millennia. Megawatts and a “Hungry River” International Rivers In recent decades, the situation ... ... billion cubic meters of water; remember this figure!). Along the middle course, Laos, the “battery of Asia”, has built 46 hydropower plants that generate 6,400 MW of electricity. Today, the Mekong River does not receive enough water even during the ...