🌍 GeographyUPSC 2004Soil

The great Asian river Mekong does not run through :

aChina
bMalaysia
cCambodia
dLaos
✓ Correct answer: b) Malaysia
ExplanationMalaysia is not part of the Mekong River basin.The river does not flow through Malaysia at any point.Malaysia’s ma- jor rivers include the Rajang River and Kinabatangan River.The Mekong River is one of the longest rivers in Asia (about 4,350 km long).It originates in China’s Tibetan Plateau and flows through six countries: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea.469

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