## Mekong River and Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The lower Mekong meanders southwards with its abandoned channels in blue-black and vegetated old bars in red forming parallel strips near the river. The blue colour of the Mekong indicates its high sediment load. The Tonlé Sap River flows into the Mekong from the northwest, linking the large river with Tonlé Sap Lake. Immediately south of this confluence, the Bassac River leaves the Mekong and flows south. Phnom Penh, mostly in a shade of light blue, lies on the west bank of the Mekong near the confluence. The airport to the west and the Royal Palace Complex in small red and blue patches near the confluence of the Tonlé Sap with the Mekong are visible.
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