The Krong Poko River (also called the Ya Krong Poko, Ia Krong Poko, Ya Crong Poko, or the Krong Po Ko) is a major tributary of the

Tonlé San Tonlé San (, ), also known as the Sesan River (), is a river that flows through central Vietnam and north-east Cambodia. It is a major tributary of the Mekong River. Its tributaries include the Dak Bla River, Dak Bla, Dakpsy, Sa Thầy River, Sa ...

river in the

Central Highlands, Vietnam The Central Highlands (), South Central Highlands (), Western Highlands () or Midland Highlands () is a region located in the south central part of Vietnam. It contains the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, and Lâ ...

Geography

The Krong Poko flows south from the Central Highlands before merging with the

Đăk Bla River The Đăk Bla River (or Krông B'Lah) is a river in Vietnam. It flows through the Kon Tum Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and ...

to form the Tonlé San, also known as the Sesan River, at the town of Trung Nghai. These waters flow into Cambodia, the

Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of wat ...

and then the

Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta ( or simply ), also known as the Western Region () or South-western region (), is the list of regions of Vietnam, region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong, Mekong River River delta, approaches and empties into the sea th ...

. Lower reaches of the river are characterized by wider lake-like conditions, sand banks, rocky channels, and wetlands, while the upper reaches become narrow, mountainous, and may include rapids.

Plei Krong Dam

The

Plei Krong Dam The Plei Krong Dam rests at the confluence of the Krong Poko and Dak Bla rivers in Vietnam. Construction of the dam and an associated power plant began in 2003; the plant produces 417 million kiloWatt hours to the surrounding region. During dam co ...

has been built at the confluence of the Krong Poko and Dak Bla rivers. During dam construction in 2004, the

Vietnam News Agency Vietnam News Agency is the official State media, state-run news agency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It operates more than 30 foreign news bureau, bureaux worldwide and maintains 63 bureaux in Vietnam — one for each city and provinc ...

reported that 581 families were to be displaced from the left bank of the Krong Poko in January 2005 to make way for the dam.

Literature

The Vietnamese author

Bảo Ninh Hoàng Ấu Phương, known by the pen name Bảo Ninh (born 18 October 1952), is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist and writer of short stories, best known for his first novel, published in English as '' The Sorrow of War''. Vietnam war Ninh reco ...

sets the opening of his novel ''

The Sorrow of War ''The Sorrow of War'' ( is a 1991 novel by the Vietnamese writer Bảo Ninh. The novel was Ninh's graduation project at the Nguyen Du Writing School in Hanoi. It tells the story of a soldier who is collecting dead bodies after the war and then be ...

'' at the Krong Poko River.

References

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