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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @xz 5 May \ parent \ on: Troubled waters - more events impacting our access to water 📊 charts_and_numbers
As I understand, SE Asia has a lot of issues with water self-sufficiency because of the Three Gorges Dam in P.R.China. Particularly Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. I've never really understood the issue completely, but seems that engineering problems in large nations cause havoc for smaller nations downstream.
Do you know if that is a similar situation?
Yes, China is regularly trying to stop water for Vietnam and Laos countries because two or three major rivers flow down to these countries.
But as far as I know that china hasn't been so successful in these efforts so far. The main reason is being that China can't stop so much water without an extensive channel of Canals. China does not have so much use of the water from these rivers so it has to leave it for Vietnam and Laos. Nature is much bigger than China.
On the other side the Brahmaputra river that flows down to India, China has been trying to stop its water as well but with limited success. Also India holds a Trump card where it can divert the Indus river if China tries to escalate water war.
Practically, the impacts of Chinese Dams on the rivers that flows through 18 countries are not very big. Yes, if there's a severe lack of rainfall in China, that too once in 10 to 20 years, a little impact may be there on Vietnam, Laos, Combodia and other Southeastern Nations.