Explore Mekong through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like river. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mekong in a sentence
Mekong meaning
A river in southeastern Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.
Synonyms of Mekong
Using Mekong
- The main meaning on this page is: A river in southeastern Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.
- Useful related words include: mekong river, river.
- In the example corpus, mekong often appears in combinations such as: the mekong, mekong river, mekong delta.
Context around Mekong
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mekong
- In this selection, "mekong" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lancang, downstream, greater, river, region and delta stand out and add context to how "mekong" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alongside the mekong river and do the mekong s three. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mekong" sits close to words such as accesses, acrimonious and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mekong
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Mekong’s at risk? (5 words)
Starting and finishing at Chiang Khan Police Station, the route runs alongside the Mekong River. (15 words)
An artistic rendering of the proposed 1400 MW Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River. (16 words)
Although the city is convert from the sea, it is home to Cambodia's main freshwater port, a major port on the Mekong River, and it is linked to the South China Sea via a channel of the Mekong delta in Vietnam. (42 words)
While I won’t find a replacement for the bright, fresh papaya salads that were always part of my order at Mekong (Pho Lê doesn’t have one on the menu), Pho Lê is a wonderful spot for Pho. (39 words)
In a statement released ahead of Pompeo’s arrival in Vietnam, the State Department attacked China for reneging on cooperation pledges with other Mekong countries and for aggressively pursuing suspect claims in the South China Sea. (36 words)
The Mekong’s at risk? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
To wit, Beijing’s Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) framework was established in 2015 to deepen Chinese links to the Mekong as an economic subregion.
China’s “malign and destabilizing actions in the Mekong region, including manipulation of Mekong River water flows, negatively affect millions of people who depend on the river for their livelihoods,” the statement said.
In January, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Beijing would provide more than $1 billion in concessional loans within the framework of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) with the five downstream Mekong countries.
Although the city is convert from the sea, it is home to Cambodia's main freshwater port, a major port on the Mekong River, and it is linked to the South China Sea via a channel of the Mekong delta in Vietnam.
By way of conclusion, nowhere do the Mekong’s three meanings converge more consequentially than in the many dams being constructed on the river.
Starting and finishing at Chiang Khan Police Station, the route runs alongside the Mekong River.
The government in February issued a sub-decree on the creation of the dolphin conservation and protection zones covering a 120-km-long stretch of the Mekong River in the two provinces.
The Mekong River drains a basin spanning six countries, underpinning ecosystems, biodiversity and vital regional supply chains and industry.
A large drone carrying fertilizer flies over Vo Van Van’s rice fields in Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Tuesday, Jan.
In recent years, a large fish thought to be extinct has been spotted in the Mekong River three times.
Professor Dr. Wilert Puriwat stressed the importance of addressing climate change in the Mekong River Basin and Southeast Asia, highlighting the vulnerability of the region to climate change and the urgent need for action.
The Mekong’s at risk?
While I won’t find a replacement for the bright, fresh papaya salads that were always part of my order at Mekong (Pho Lê doesn’t have one on the menu), Pho Lê is a wonderful spot for Pho.
A local villager on a boat where the future site of the Luang Prabang dam will be on the Mekong River, Feb 5, 2020.
An artistic rendering of the proposed 1400 MW Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River.
Ashburn pointed out that Thailand’s immediate neighbours in the greater Mekong region – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam – all have lower GDPs per capita and less advanced health care systems.
Authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region have discovered seven skeletons inside a woman’s home, state media said.
China is known to be controlling (in a limited sense) the water flow over the Southeast Asian nations after they have built Yunnan dam into the Mekong River.
In a statement released ahead of Pompeo’s arrival in Vietnam, the State Department attacked China for reneging on cooperation pledges with other Mekong countries and for aggressively pursuing suspect claims in the South China Sea.
Some 3.5 million US citizens trace their origins to the Mekong region, including 2.1 million whose families came from Vietnam.
Common combinations with mekong
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: