>I am an Environment student at the University of Newcastle and now I am
>preparing to give a short seminar for the final exam of my course. I think
>the Mekong delta is an interesting topic so I choose it. However, I have
>not much information about that.
>-the area of the delta
>-the area of the delta in the Southern Vietnam
Info on the Mekong River delta is not easy to find.
Here's a little hydrology that I dug up last year.
-only 65,000 km2 or 8% of Mekong drainage area lies in Vietnam
-using a net runoff of 867 mm from neighbouring Cai and Dong-Nai
watersheds, the annual Mekong discharge volume generated within
Vietnam is estimated at 56.3 km^3
Piper, B.S., Gustard, A., Green, C.S., and Sridurongkatum, P. 1991.
Water resource developments and flow regimes on the Mekong River
Hydrology for the Water Management of Large River Basins,
Publ. no. 201. IAHS. pp. 45-56.
-bb