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Commissioned, Under Construction and Planned Dams

in May 2013

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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.
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Data Sources :
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Citations for the data sources contributing to the location of the dams in this map may be found at our website -
Nam Ou 7 http://mekong.waterandfood.org/archives/2648. Background relief data is courtesy of Natural Earth and SRTM data
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and physiographic data courtesy of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center's Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical,
High-resolution Geography Database
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Nam Ou 4 Acknowledgements:
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Nam Phak (Nam Ou) 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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Disclaimer:
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While every effort has been made to ensure and confirm the accuracy of these data, CPWF-Mekong, AusAID or any

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in this map. Observations and comments may be sent to cpwf.mekong@gmail.com. The designation and names of
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authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries or of the nomenclature deployed in
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Nam Dong CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. 2013. Dams in the Mekong Basin - Commissioned, Under Construction
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and Planned Dams in May 2013. Vientiane, Lao PDR: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food.
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Mekong Dams in Laos Xeset 1 Xekong 4

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Status Mu Xelabam Xeset 2 Xekong 3 (Upper)
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! Planned Latsua Xe Nam Noy 5 Xe Kaman 2A
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! Under construction Xekong 3 (Lower)
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! Commissioned Xepian-Xenamnoy
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Cites Sre Pok

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