[Bonaparte]

Thankyou, those are very nice links. The satelite shot, except for the clouds, is especially impressive. The map in post 29 shows me just what I want to see. It's probably on a 3-mile square scale, but I can tie that up later. What I really need to know is the name of the river on the left. If its name is not "Mekong," (like the river on the river is called) then the Kerry campaign statement about the Mekong paralleling the border is provably false.

[x1stcav]

I'll see if I can ID the river to the west after dinner.

I don't think it's considered a tributary of the Mekong as it has its own estuary. However, it could be an arm. But an arm of that size and length would ordinarily be considered a river in its own right as I think I detect that it has its own drainage pattern.

Get back to you later.

[x1stcav]

From what I can see on these two links the Bassac River was strictly PBR country, but I didn't follow all the links.

http://www.pacifier.com/~sivie/pbr/p0469.htm

http://www.pcf45.com/sealords/sealords.htm

Hope this helps.