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RiverQamdo, Tibet
Mekong River
River1 m elevationBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Elevation1 mabove sea level
Length4,350 kmsource to mouth
Nearest townQamdo0.3 km
31.13° N, 97.18° EElevation 1 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goQamdo · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low12° / -1°
River
Mekong River in brief
Mekong River is a river in Qamdo, Tibet, China — major river in Southeast Asia.
It lies at 1 m above sea level.
The nearest town in the atlas is Qamdo, 0.3 km to the SE, where the weather is best in June, August and September.
Mekong River is 4,350 km long.
Weather nearby now
Forecast for Qamdo4°
Partly cloudy now
Today
22 Oct
12°
2°
2 mm
Fri
23 Oct
15°
2°
Sat
24 Oct
15°
3°
Sun
25 Oct
17°
2°
Mon
26 Oct
17°
3°
Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day
The course of the river
As mapped in OpenStreetMap, with the towns of the atlas along its banks.- 1Ban Khoan373 m
- 2Ban Sop Ruak376 m
- 3Chiang Saen373 m
- 4Donethat355 m
- 5Chiang Khong358 m
- 6Ban Houayxay367 m
- 7Pakbeng368 m
- 8Vientiane174 m
- 9Si Chiang Mai175 m
- 10Nong Khai168 m
- 11Bueng Kan160 m
- 12Nakhon Phanom154 m
- 13That Phanom147 m
- 14Pāksē105 m
sourcemouth (or where the mapped line leaves the country)
Map
Mekong River from above
Around here
Qamdo and around
Heritage
Galden Jampaling Monastery
Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level · 1437
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Karuo culture
Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level