Khone Phapheng Falls

The Mekong cases ( Lao ຄອນ ພະ ເພັງ Khon Phapheng, French Chutes de Khone, English Khone Falls) are a cascading waterfall of the Mekong in Laos Champasak Province near the border with Cambodia. They lie south of the inland delta Si Phan Don ( Lao: 4,000 Islands).

At a width of more than 10 kilometers of the river falls cascading over 21 meters. The Mekong cases achieve an average discharge rate of 11,600 m³ / s and maximum values ​​of almost 50,000 m³ / s There are two parallel main cascades: Phapheng Khong ( Lao: roar of the Mekong ) with about 18 meters height and Tad Somphamit (also: Li Phi Falls). The Mekong cases are the widest waterfall in the world and the largest waterfall in Asia.

The Mekong cases are the main obstacle to use of the Mekong River as a waterway to China. 1866 ended here the expedition of French colonial officers Francis Garnier and Ernest Doudart de Lagree who sought to find a land route to China.

13.948311105.940733Koordinaten: 13 ° 56 ' 54 "N, 105 ° 56' 27" E