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Mountains of the north and east

Main geographic regions. Mountains of the north and east. Northern Lao Patterns of shifting cultivation on the hill sides. Northern Thailand Intensive farming on valley floors. Main geographic regions. Mountains of the north and east Isan (Korat) Plateau. Ubon Ratchathani.

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Mountains of the north and east

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  1. Main geographic regions • Mountains of the north and east

  2. Northern Lao Patterns of shifting cultivation on the hill sides Northern Thailand Intensive farming on valley floors

  3. Main geographic regions • Mountains of the north and east • Isan (Korat) Plateau

  4. Ubon Ratchathani

  5. Main geographic regions • Mountains of the north and east • Isan (Korat) Plateau • Great Lake and Cambodian plains

  6. Siem Reap

  7. Main geographic regions • Mountains of the north and east • Isan (Korat) Plateau • Great Lake and Cambodian plains • Delta

  8. Month Average monthly runoff (mm)

  9. Population

  10. Agriculture and Irrigation • Rice production > 32 million t/a • total area ~ 8.6 million ha • 3.7 million ha irrigated • 65% in VN delta, 22% in Thailand • potential for more irrigation in Cambodia, Lao PDR • Yield variable - average 2.75 t/ha • Asia-Pacific avge ~3.9 t/ha

  11. Estimated dry season average irrigated areas(ha) Irrigation growth

  12. Hydropower Total installed capacity: LMB: 1800 MW UMB: 2850 MW Nam Ngum Dam - Lao PDR

  13. Mekong Fisheries • Total  2 million tonnes • Capture Fisheries  1.75 million tonnes • Aquaculture  0.25 million tonnes • Total value: $1,400 million • 40 million people involved full or part-time • Non-fish products (shellfish, frogs, insects, aquatic plants)

  14. Flooding • 2000 flood • 800 people died • $400 million damage • 2002 flood and drought • impact on food security and health

  15. Flooding • Environmental significance of flooding (wetlands, fisheries) • Impacts of climate change

  16. Inland Water Transportation

  17. Maritime Transport

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