据《万象时报》报道，在历经连续四年的低流量和干旱后，流经东南亚多个国家的湄公河水位今年总算有所上升。

《万象时报》引述由多国政府组成的湄公河委员会的数据报道，由于降雨量增加，2022年首四个月，湄公河水位创下了几年来的最高纪录。

随着更多的沉积物和营养物质流入增加鱼类资源，这将能改善渔业和农业产量，让湄公河三角洲的7000万人受益。

然而，湄委会秘书处技术支持部主任温奈表示，湄公河水位上升并没有消除中度干旱的风险。数据显示，1961年至2021年之间，湄公河流域下游的水位仍然低于60年的平均水平。

去年的雨季迟至7月才开始，并于10月结束，比往年的雨季缩短了一个月时间。今年降水增加则意味着暴雨和山洪暴发的风险提高。

湄委会气象指标显示，2021年11月至2022年4月，湄公河流域下游比常年湿润，2022年累计降雨量也高于平均水平约25%。

根据老挝媒体报道，监测站数据显示，今年的水位明显高于2019年至2021年的旱年。例如，泰国清盛（Chiang Saen）监测站的水位从3月2日的1.84米上升到5月11日的3.25米。柬埔寨上丁（Stung Treng）县监测站至磅湛（Kampong Cham）省监测站之间的水位上升了2.22米。

据了解，总长4800公里的湄公河发源于青藏高原，流经中国、缅甸、老挝、泰国、柬埔寨和越南，它是继亚马逊河之后世界上最重要的水生生物多样性的发源地，特别是鱼类资源丰富，流域数千万人口必须靠河吃饭，湄公河对渔业和航运业的重要性不言而喻。

目前，湄公河流域主流上建立了13座水坝，其中有11座坐落在中国境内，2座坐落在老挝。由柬埔寨、老挝、泰国和越南组成的湄公河委员会一再建议这四个湄公河下游国家，加强对湄公河流域水电大坝和蓄水运行的协调，以缓解干旱的影响。

来源：万象时报、东盟头条

Water levels in the Mekong River, which flows through several countries in Southeast Asia, have risen this year after four years of low flows and drought, the Vientiane Times reported. 

The Mekong River recorded its highest water level in several years in the first four months of 2022 due to increased rainfall, the Vientiane Times reported, citing data from the Mekong River Commission, a multinational government body. 

As more sediment and nutrient inflows increase fish stocks, this will improve fishing and agricultural yields, benefiting the 70 million people in the Mekong Delta. 

However, Win Nai, director of the TECHNICAL support Department of the Mekong Secretariat, said rising water levels in the Mekong river had not eliminated the risk of moderate drought. Data show that between 1961 and 2021, water levels in the lower Mekong remained below the 60-year average. 

Last year's rainy season began as late as July and ended in October, a month shorter than usual. More precipitation this year means an increased risk of heavy rains and flash floods. 

Meteorological indicators of the Mekong River Basin showed that from November 2021 to April 2022, the lower Mekong basin was wetter than usual, and the accumulated rainfall in 2022 was about 25 percent higher than the average. 

Data from monitoring stations showed that this year's water level was significantly higher than in the 2019 to 2021 drought years, according to Lao media. For example, water levels at Thailand's Chiang Saen monitoring station rose from 1.84 meters on March 2 to 3.25 meters on May 11. The water level rose 2.22 metres between a monitoring station in Cambodia's Upper Treng district and Kampong Cham province. 

We have learned, total length of 4800 kilometers of the Mekong river originated in the qinghai-tibet plateau, flows through China, myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, it is in the world after the amazon river is the most important cradle of aquatic biodiversity, especially rich fish resources, river basin tens of millions of population must rely on the river to have a meal, the importance of the Mekong river for fishing and shipping industry is self-evident. 

Of the 13 DAMS currently built on the main Mekong, 11 are in China and two are in Laos. The Mekong River Commission, made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, has repeatedly recommended that the four lower Mekong countries strengthen coordination of hydropower DAMS and storage operations in the Mekong basin to mitigate the effects of the drought. 

Source: Vientiane Times, ASEAN Headlines