Dams Of Laos.pdf

Dams of Laos in the Mekong Basin

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Commissioned, Under Construction and Planned Dams in May 2013

Map Description: The map shows every known commissioned, under construction, and planned dam in the basin. ‘Unknown’ dams are mainly dams and reservoirs constructed for use in irrigation and/or water supply, the names of which are currently unknown. Nam Ngay Nam Ou 6

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Correct Citation: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 2013. Dams in the Mekong Basin - Commissioned, Under Construction and Planned Dams in May 2013. Vientiane, Lao PDR: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food.

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Creative Commons License This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial– NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This publication may be freely quoted and reproduced Nam Ngum 4B provided the source is acknowledged. This publication may not be used in Nam Ngieu whole or in part for resale or other commercial purposes. Nam Chian

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Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure and confirm the accuracy of these data, CPWF-Mekong, AusAID or any partner associated with the CPWF-Mekong program cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions in this map. Observations and comments may be sent to [email protected]. The designation and names of geographical entities on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of AusAID, CPWF-Mekong or any associated partners concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries or of the nomenclature deployed in its identification.

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Acknowledgements: CPWF-Mekong gratefully acknowledges the financial support of AusAID in the production of this map. This map has been rendered by GeoSys (Lao) Co., Ltd, Ban Sokpaluang, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR.

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Data Sources : Citations for the data sources contributing to the location of the dams in this map may be found at our website http://mekong.waterandfood.org/archives/2648. Background relief data is courtesy of Natural Earth and SRTM data from the JPL of NASA. River basin boundary and river vector data is courtesy of the IWMI. All other administrative and physiographic data courtesy of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center's Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database

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Datum : World Geodetic System 1984 Coordinate System : Universal Tranverse Mercator Zone 48 North 0 50 100 150 200 Kilometers

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