RiverRat wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:07 pm
https://thediplomat.com/2019/08/somethi ... ong-river/
A bit of poor grammar, and I little shy on facts other than the water levels are low and it’s a dire state of affairs.
The Mekong is reeling from the combined onslaught of climate change, sand-mining, and incessant damming of the river, which combined to help cause the worst drought recorded in over 100 years in July.
“This is the worst ecological disaster in history of the of Mekong region,” declared Thai natural resources expert Chainarong Setthachua.
The water level in the Tonle Sap, Cambodia’s great inland lake, the “beating heart of the Mekong,” was reduced to unprecedented shallow areas with one floating village almost completely dried up. Almost unbelievable for Tonle Sap locals was that this happened in not in the dry season, but two months into the rainy season.
Just an over reaction statement, the wet season is far from over, so dont write it off just yet.
i have lived in the tropics all my life and a late start to a wet season is as common as a early start:) the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap can recover in a very short time, just in the past 6 days has seen the water levels on the Mekong at Kratie raise over 3 mts to 18 mts and raising. in Kompong Cham the same rate of raise and is currently 12mts above sea levels and 35 mts deep in total . the Tonle Sap Lake has also increased some 3 mts in less than a week.
so the levels can increase quickly, sure the levels are lower than the long term average (at this time of year) but this can change quickly, the point is the "wet season"has a long way yet to go and anything can happen,