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Nam Seng

Nam Beng

(Mek

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Nam M

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Nam Khan

Sa

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Nam Ngum

Mekong River

Nam

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Lanc

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Jiang

N a m Ngum

Chi River

Mun River

Xe Bang Fai

Xe Bang Hieng

Streng River

Mek

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Xe Kong

S re Pok

Se San

Mekong River

Tonle Sap (lake)

Mekong River

Ban Kum

Dak E Mule

Don Sahong

Houay Ho

Houay Lamphan

Houay Makchan

Houay Palai

Houay Por

Latsua

Luangprabang

Nam Ang

Nam Bak 1Nam Bak 2

Nam Beng

Nam Bi 1 - 3

Nam Chian 1

Nam Dong

Nam Feuang 1

Nam Feuang 2

Nam Hinboun 1

Nam Hinboun 2

Nam Houg 1

Nam Houm

Nam Khan 1Nam Khan 2

Nam Khan 3

Nam Ko

Nam Kong 1Nam Kong 2

Nam Kong 3

Nam Leng

Nam Leuk

Nam Lik (Kenluang)

Nam Lik 1

Nam Lik 1-2

Nam Mang 1

Nam Mang 3

Nam Mouan

Nam Nga 1Nam Nga 2

Nam Ngao

Nam Ngeip 3A

Nam Ngiep (Downstream)Nam Ngiep 1

Nam Ngiep 2Nam Ngiep 2A

Nam Ngiep 2B

Nam Ngiep 2C

Nam Ngum 1Nam Ngum 1 Extension

Nam Ngum 2

Nam Ngum 3

Nam Ngum 4Nam Ngum 5

Nam Nhon

Nam Ou 1

Nam Ou 2

Nam Ou 3

Nam Ou 4

Nam Ou 5

Nam Ou 6

Nam Ou 7

Nam Pha

Nam Pha Gnai

Nam Phak(Nam Phak)

Nam Phak 1Nam Phak 2

Nam Phak 3

Nam Phay

Nam Phayu

Nam Phoun

Nam Phoun

Nam Pot

Nam Pot 1

Nam Poui

Nam San 3ANam San 3B

Nam Song Diversion

Nam Suang 1

Nam Suang 2

Nam Tha 1

Nam Theun (Keng Sau Ten)

Nam Theun 1

Nam Theun 2

Nam Theun 4

Nam Xuang

Nong Seuam

Pak Beng

Pak Lay

Sanakham

Santhong-PakchomTheun-Hinboun

Theun-Hinboun exp.

Xayabouri

Xe Bang Hieng 1

Xe Bang Hieng 2

Xe Kaman 1

Xe Kaman 2AXe Kaman 2B

Xe Kaman 3

Xe Kaman 4A

Xe Kaman 4B

Xe Katam

Xe Lanong 1

Xe Nam Noy

Xe Nam Noy 2 - Xe Katam 1

Xe Neua

Xe Pian

Xe Pon 3

Xe Xou

Xekaman-Sanxay

Xekong (Downstream)

Xekong 3A

Xekong 3B

Xekong 4

Xekong 5

Xelabam

Xeset 1Xeset 2

Xeset 3

Dams in the Mekong Basin, Laos

C H I N AC H I N A

V I E T N A MV I E T N A M

T H A I L A N DT H A I L A N D

C A M B O D I AC A M B O D I A

L A O SL A O S

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Commissioned, Under Construction and Planned Damsin September 2017

Datum : World Geodetic System 1984Coordinate System : Universal Tranverse Mercator Zone 48 North

VIANG CHAN(VIENTIANE)

LegendDams

Purpose & Status! Hydropower (planned)

! Hydropower (under construction)

! Hydropower (commissioned)

! Hydropower (cancelled)

" Irrigation (commissioned)

Multi-purpose (planned)

Multi-purpose (under construction)

Multi-purpose (commissioned)

# Water Supply (commissioned)

Mekong River basin boundary

Mekong River System

Hierarchy

Mainstream

Tributaries

Lakes & reservoirs

Cites

P National capital

R Major city

National boundary

CartographicDesign by :

www.geo-sys.net

Map Description:The map shows every known commissioned, under construction, and planned dam in those parts of the Mekong River Basin in Laos.Only hydropower dams of 15 megawatts installed capacity and above are indicated; only irrigation reservoirs of 0.5 km2 and above are indicated.Dams without labels are ones for which names have yet to be identified.

Data Sources:The locations for the dams displayed on this map are derived from the WLE Greater Mekong DamsDatabase, available here: https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/maps/.Background relief data is courtesy of Natural Earth and SRTM data from the JPL of NASARiver basin boundary and river vector data is courtesy of the IWMI.All other administrative and physiographic data courtesy of NOAA's National Geophysical DataCenter's Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database

Acknowledgements:WLE Greater Mekong gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Australian Departmentof Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), which contributed towards the development of this map.WLE Greater Mekong gratefully acknowledges the inputs of the Asia International Rivers Centre atYunnan University, P.R China; the Department of Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation,Myanmar; and the Institute of Water Resources Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Vietnam to the datasets on which this map is based.This map has been rendered by GeoSys (Lao) Co., Ltd, Lao-Thai Road, Ban Watnak, SisattanakDistrict, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. www.geo-sys.net

Disclaimer:While very much effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these data, WLE Greater Mekong,DFAT, or any other partner associated with the WLE Greater Mekong Program cannot be heldresponsible for any inaccuracies or omissions in this map. Observations and comments may be sentto k.geheb@gmail.com. The designation and names of geographical entities on this map do notimply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of DFAT, WLE Greater Mekong, or anyassociated partners on the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities orconcerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries or of the nomenclature deployed in itsidentification.

Correct Citation:WLE Greater Mekong, 2018. Dams in the Mekong River Basin, Laos : Commissioned, Under Construction and Planned Dams in September 2017. Vientiane, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems - Greater Mekong.

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