Kong River

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Kong River
A small Laotian boy paddles a boat on the Sekong River

The Kong River, also known as the Xe Kong (Lao: ເຊກອງ, Vietnamese: Sông Sê Kông) or the Tonlé Kong (Khmer: ទន្លេកុង), is a river in Southeast Asia and an important tributary of the Mekong river. The river originates in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province in Central Vietnam and flows 480 kilometres (300 mi) through southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia. It joins the Tonlé San near the Stung Treng town of Cambodia, just 5 miles upstream from the confluence of the Tonlé San and the Mekong. Part of its course forms the international boundary between Laos and Cambodia.

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