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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES
UNIT TEST: MEKONG RIVER GUIDELINES
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Answer the following questions on Mekong River.
1. Countries that The Mekong River flow pass
2. Countries in the Lower Mekong River Basin Region
3. Why the Mekong called the life-giving river of mainland Southeast Asia?
4. Geographic Facts of the Mekong River: such as the 12th
longest river in the world and so
on.
5. What does Siphandone mean?
6. Geographical Facts of Tonle Sap Lake.
7. What causes the annual expansion of the Tonle Sap?
8. What is a wet land?
9. Why is the Tonle Sap wetland important for the ecology of the Mekong River?
10. Cambodia’s water festival.
11. The Mekong Giant Catfish.
12. Migratory behavior of fish found in The Mekong River.
13. Types of animal of the Mekong River region
14. What makes the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap very important to the people of
Cambodia?
Good Luck, everyone.